Pilot Kevin Mullarkey, age 67, an Irishman now resident in Kuwait. Passenger was Gerard David, age 70, a member of the Meribel Flying Club, were involved in a crash which resulted in the helicopter catching on fire and severely burning both men.
- Date
- July 11, 2011
- Reg
- EI-MUL
- Make
- Robinson
- Model
- R44
- MSN
- 1074
- Location
- Near the Col de la Lune at 1785 metres
- Country
- France
- CivilMilitary
- Civil
- Link 1
- http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aerobuzz.fr%2Fspip.php%3Fbreve841
- Link 2
- http://www.merinet.com/whats_new_article.php?id_whats_new=9941&id_back=1
- Link 3
- http://www.irishpost.co.uk/tabId/60/itemId/11148/Helicopter-pilot-crashes-into-Alps-but-survives.aspx
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