Tag Archive for helicopter

Premature Rejoicing

Somebody has tried setting light to Cerro Gordo, yet again, just when it was thought that the culprit had been caught. This latest fire broke out on the 27th.

Helicopter Crash Update

The two, major, national worker’s unions, UGT and CCOO consider that it is more than likely that the cause of the accident involving a Augusta Bell 412 helicopter in the Barranco de la Farsaílla, near Quentar in Granada, was a mechanical failure.

At Least Two Dead in Helicopter Crash

At least two people are dead following a helicopter crash, this morning, in the area known as La Fuente de la Gitana, which is in the Granada province between Tocón de Quéntar and La Peza. It also appears there are several people injured.

Motril Air Fair

The 6th Annual Motril Air Show went off very well – around 10,000 spectators turned up, according to the organisers. It didn’t seem like that many to me, but it was certainly packed.

Motril and Helicopters

Beat the traffic jams travelling by helicopter! Yeah, why not the Space Shuttle, for all that your beset personal economy will permit, but it’s not that expensive

Injury at the Waterfalls

Miles inland, at the Junta de los Ríos, a 36-year-old man had to be helivacked (old military abbreviation for Helicopter Evacuation) after he broke his ankle, descending the waterfalls.

Lentegí Mourns

Lentegí was shocked to learn that the New Zealander, Kevin Holmes, was the co-pilot on a rescue helicopter that crashed into the sea off Almería Port. Three of the four crew, amongst them Mr Holmes, perished.

Helicopter Display Motril

On display were a range of private, civil and government owned ‘copters including two R44 Robinson’s from Alicante, a Rotorway from Málaga that was built over five years by a father and son team and a Gazelle owned by a British Lord and