Seven fatal helicopter accidents in first nine days of March 2013
Source: HeliHub.com, 11-Mar-13
March 2013 has not started off well from the point of view of accident statistics, with seven fatal accidents in the first nine days. HeliHub.com carries extensive coverage of helicopter safety data and has included the following in recent reports 09-Mar-13 ZK-IHU Robinson R66 Oamaru Valley, New Zealand (1F) 07-Mar-13 Eurocopter/IAR SA330L Bacau, Romania (2F) 05-Mar-13 [...]
07-Mar-13 Eurocopter/IAR SA330L Bacau, Romania (2F)
07-Mar-13
Two killed and three injured when helicopter crashed on training flight. The two fatalities were named by the Romanian military as Petty Officer Lawrence Chiru and Sergeant Basil Manolache
Bell continues momentum in Europe
Source: Bell, 14-Sep-12
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), continues to increase its sales and customer support activities in Europe delivering seven aircraft and signing nine contracts within the last three months, as well as launching Bell 407GX and Bell 429 flight demonstration tours, and gaining EASA approval for a new customer support facility. “Bell Helicopter [...]
Five Ukraine nationals die in Ka32 accident in Romania
Source: HeliHub.com, 27-Apr-12
This news item is part of the accident data provided by HeliHub.com on this site. Information provided in this update may potentially be incomplete or inaccurate as we frequently post these stories only a very short time after the accident has occurred. Users of HeliHub.com are advised to carry out their own checks and searches, [...]
Romanian Ministry of Health orders two more EC135s
Source: Eurocopter, 26-Apr-12
The Romanian Ministry of Health’s Eurocopter EC135 helicopter fleet will be increased with two additional helicopters ordered as part of a framework contract signed last year covering a total six of the twin-engine rotorcraft. This new agreement will lead to deliveries of the latest two EC135s during 2012, and provides follow-on to an initial helicopter [...]
26-Apr-12 ER-KGD Kamov Ka32 Ostrov, Romania (5F)
26-Apr-12
Crashed shortly after take off, killing all five Ukraine nationals on board. Helicopter was one of two being ferried from Ukraine to Turkey for firefighting operations there.
New EC135 delivered to Romanian Ministry of Health
Source: Eurocopter, 16-Dec-11
A ceremony was held in Bucharest today for the delivery by Eurocopter Romania, a subsidiary of Eurocopter – the world’s leading civil and parapublic helicopter manufacturer – of an EC135 helicopter to Romania’s Ministry of Health. The ceremony was attended by the Romanian Minister of Health Ladislau Ritli, the Secretary of State in the Romanian [...]
Israeli military set up memorial for Romania crash
Source: Israeli Defence Forces, 13-Sep-11
Time stopped in the IAF as reports came in on Monday July 26th 2010 that contact had been lost with an IAF CH-53 Sikorsky helicopter that was training in Romania. As time passed, it became clear that the crew had been killed in the accident. The training session last year was planned in advance, one [...]
US Marines build helipad for Romanian hospital
Source: US Marine Corps, 12-Sep-11
CONSTANTA, Romania — Combat engineers with Black Sea Rotational Force 11 have been in the Black Sea region since April providing community relations projects that help small towns and villages throughout the region. Now, their biggest impression can be seen at the local Constanta County Hospital and Trauma center, where they worked with local contractors to [...]
04-Oct-10 YR-ARA Robinson R44 Maliuc, Romania
04-Oct-10
Main blade hit electicity line pole during take-off
Eurocopter may relocate part of its activities from Romania to UK
01-Sep-10
The source says Eurocopter believes that moving a 300 million pound contract back to the UK would may be accomplished without an impact on price.
Czech Republic received an order to overhaul four NATO Mi-17s
Source: AEX, 05-Aug-10
LOM has been contracted by NATO in a deal amounted to 250 million CZK (US$13.3M).
MD Helicopters authorizes new Sales Representative for Romania and Bulgaria
Source: MD Helicopters, 08-Jun-10
MD Helicopters, Inc (MDHI) is pleased to announce that INDES Aviation has joined MDHI as an authorized Sales Representative for Romania and Bulgaria. INDES Aviation will offer the full line of MD Helicopters and customization options. INDES Aviation is a maintenance management and logistics support company serving the civil and military aerospace sectors. Utilizing regional [...]
Eurocopter to participate in the “Black Sea Defense & Aerospace 2010″ exhibition
Source: Financiarul, 14-Apr-10
13-15 April 2010 in Bucharest – Eurocopter displaying EC635, Tiger, EC565 and EC725
France, Germany Ambassadors visit Eurocopter Romania
Source: Financiarul, 25-Jan-10
Ambassador of France in Bucharest Henri Paul, and Ambassador of Germany Andreas von Mettenheim on Friday visited the Eurocopter Group Romania on the IAR Ghimbav platform in the county of Braso
UK military urged to back AgustaWestland’s Merlin – rather than take Puma to Romania
Source: This is the West Country, 27-Jun-09
Puma helicopter maintenance base could be set up at IAR Ghimbav, Romania
Source: Financiarul, 21-May-09
Eurocopter Romania increased turnover by 50% last year to 32 million euroos
Source: HotNews, 19-Feb-09
