Helicopter ditched in lake adjacent to de Koperen Hoogte hotel. Three occupants - two adults and a child aged 5 - swam to safety. Press repots include a series of photos prior/during/after impact, but unclear what caused the helicopter to get into the flying state causing the ditching.
- Date
- March 25, 2012
- Reg
- PH-WQW
- Make
- Robinson
- Model
- R44
- MSN
- 2084
- Location
- Zwolle, in the lack adjacent to "de Koperen Hoogte" hotel
- Country
- Netherlands
- CivilMilitary
- Civil
- Operator
- Helicon
- Link 1
- http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=nl&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rtvoost.nl%2Fnieuws%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fcat%3D1%26nid%3D141602
- Link 2
- http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ad.nl%2Fad%2Fnl%2F1012%2FNederland%2Farticle%2Fdetail%2F3230826%2F2012%2F03%2F25%2FHelikopter-in-het-water-bij-Koperen-Hoogte-in-Zwolle.dhtml%3Futm_source%3DRSSReader%26utm_medium%3DRSS
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