Serious helicopter accidents in Norway – NRK

14. January 2014 Sollihøgda

Two people were killed when a helicopter of the type EC-135 from the Norwegian Air Ambulance crashed on E16 by Sønsterud Tunnel near Sollihøgda Buskerud 14 January 2014.

The helicopter hit a power line, and failed in relatively low altitude.

Two people were killed when a helicopter from the Norwegian Air Ambulance crashed on Sollihøgda after crashing with a power line that was not correctly marked on the map.

Photo: Junge, Heiko / NTB scanpix

2. July 2014 – Man jumped out of the helicopter in the North Sea

2. July 2014 jumped a 37 year old man out of a helicopter when he was flown from Troll A to a doctor on land.

11. January 2012 Mosjoen

Two people died in 2012 after a helicopter crashed east of Mosjoen under collection of reindeer. There should have been a smaller helicopter category Robinson that crashed, domiciled in Sweden. A Swede and a Norwegian was killed in the accident.

When rescue crews arrived at the helicopter that crashed in Mosjoen in 2012 took the reindeer owner, who was a passenger on board, and the Swedish pilot perished.

Photo: Simen Nyland

4 . July 2011 Hardanger

4. in July 2011, five people died in a helicopter crash in Eidfjord in Hardanger. The four passengers who perished in helikopterstyrten going to Dalamot to build a cabin. Other family members were first flown in and was witness to the rest of the family rushed to his death. The pilot also died in the accident.

4 . in July 2011, five people died in a helicopter crash in Hardanger.

Photo: Inge Kristoffersen

24. May 2011 Grane

24. May 2011 crashed a helicopter in Autumn Reis Valley in Nordland municipality Grane.

The two men aboard drove maintenance work at a high tension towers when the helicopter suddenly crashed to the ground. Both were injured in the crash, one of them seriously.

The man who was in his 40s had fractures of the face and back. Statnett launched an internal investigation after the accident.

24 . May 2011 crashed a helicopter in Autumn Reis Valley in Nordland municipality Grane.

Photo: Rune Stabbforsmo

27. January 2010 Horten

27. January 2010 crashed a helicopter with four people in the sea off Horten. All four on board were killed in the accident.

There were two helicopters of the Robinson R-44 Astro flying in formation. One of the helicopters lost gradually raised from 180 meters altitude and crashed into the icy fjord.

According to VG was heavy loads and low altitude cause of the helicopter accident.

27 . January 2010 crashed a helicopter with four people in the sea off Horten

Photo: Scanpix

24. September 2009 Eggemoen military camp

24. September 2009, the man with horror when the helicopter he was in crashed at Eggemoen military camp.

The man was alone in the helicopter, which should have cut the top of a tree. The helicopter landed on a roof built on Eggemoen camp and tilted on its side.

September 2009 South Island

In September 2009, crashed a helicopter in a power line and crashed on the South Island in Finnmark.

the helicopter and the pilot was in the South Island to help a relative to look for forgotten reindeer in connection with reindeer collection.

No one was injured in the crash, but large parts of Hasvik municipality was without current resulting from the event.

February 2009 Troms

A man from Hedmark died in February 2009 in a helicopter crash in Troms.

There were two people on board the helicopter, which was traveling from Harstad to Karasjok when it crashed.

March 2008 Svalbard

Three people died and two were seriously injured when a russian helicopter crashed on Svalbard in March 2008.

the helicopter should have been taken by a powerful blast and thrown into the hangar wall. The accident happened just a few meters above the ground.

Mi8 helicopter was coming in for a landing on the helipad at the Herald at Barentsburg when the accident happened.

In all there were nine people on board helicopter.

Helicopter crash Svalbard in March 2008.

Photo: Governor

29. October 2007 Rudskogen in Rakkestad

29. October 2007 crashed a helicopter on Rudskogen Motor Centre in Rakkestad.

The helicopter crashed into the cab of a tanker that was loaded with 7,000 gallons of diesel fuel.

Three people were aboard the helicopter, but no one was seriously injured in the accident.

Helikopterstyrten in Rakkestad in 2007.

Photo: Christian Solberg

september 2006 Ringheim Voss

Two people were killed when a helicopter crashed just off several residences on Voss in september 2006.

the helicopter crashed in Ringheim, heading up towards the resort Bavallen .

the helicopter, which was shattered to pieces when it crashed, belonged Fonnafly. Crash occurred in an area with several houses. Several witnesses to have seen the accident.

2005 Bærum

11. May 2005 crashed a helicopter with seven people on board at Kolsåstoppen in Bærum, where one person died.

The other six who were aboard the helicopter when it crashed, escaped the accident with minor injuries.

the helicopter was out on a routine sightseeing tour organized by Lier firm PS Event.

There was also an airlift helicopter that crashed at Kolsås in Bærum in 2005. It lost a person life.

25. October 2004 Breistein ferjekai

One person died and two survived when an unregistered helicopter plunged into the sea at Breistein ferjekai, north of Bergen.

14. December 2000 Valdresflya

A Swedish man was killed in a helicopter crash on Valdresflya Oppland.

North Sea

There have been several serious helicopter accidents in the North Sea.

• 12 people were killed after a helicopter crash on Helgelandskysten 8 november 1997.
• in the 1970s, killed 34 people in three accidents involving Sikorsky helicopters. 9. July 1973 had a helicopter with 17 people made an emergency landing on the way from the drilling rig Gulftide to Stavanger. Four of the 17 on board were killed, according to NTB.
• 23. November 1977 killed all 12 people on board when a helicopter went into the sea en route from Stavanger to Ekofisk field. The accident was described as a mystery, but Air Crash Investigation believed that the plane could have collided with a large bird.
• Half a year later, 26 June 1978, killed all 18 aboard a Sikorsky helicopter from Helicopter Service that crashed 87 nautical mil northwest of Bergen. 13 of the victims were Norwegians. The cause of the accident was likely that a main rotor blade came loose from its attachment in the rotor head, said Air Crash Investigation.