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:

11 July, 2011

Reg:

EI-MUL

Make:

Robinson

Model:

R44

MSN:

1074

Location:

Near the Col de la Lune at 1785 metres

Country:

France

Civil / Military:

Civil

Link:

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:

http://www.merinet.com/whats_new_article.php?id_whats_new=9941&id_back=1

Link:

http://www.irishpost.co.uk/tabId/60/itemId/11148/Helicopter-pilot-crashes-into-Alps-but-survives.aspx