Pilot makes reservations to eat at a restaurant in Spain and on arrival the helicopter crashes to land behind the establishment

Two pilots were unharmed on August 11, 2023, when the helicopter they were flying crashed while trying to land in Almería, Spain.

The event was recorded behind a restaurant, where it was discovered that they had “flown” there because one of the pilots had “called to book a table to eat”.

That detail It was reviewed by Antena 3 on the 24th of this month and published by the same Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda.

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what happened to the helicopter

The destroyed aircraft is a “Pegasus” of the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) and was “destroyed”, Motor Pasión published.

The pilots, according to Antena 3, were engaged “at the special exit operation over the bridge on August 15, during which almost 9 million movements were expected.”

In the parking lot of the restaurant, “there was apparently no place to land,” Pasión Motor reported.

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On the website of the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, they confirmed: “On Friday, August 11, 2023, the EUROCOPTER AS355 NP aircraft, registration EC-MMF, of the Directorate General of Traffic took off from Almería Airport.

The pilot decided to land to eat next to a restaurant he called earlier

Ministry of Transport

During landing in an unprepared area, the movement of the main rotor caused a cloud of dust, causing the pilot to lose visual references to the terrain, causing the tail rotor to crash into a tree and then fall to the ground.”

Second helicopter crash in 2023

The DGT has been using these aircraft for over 10 years to monitor Spanish roads from the air and to ensure safety

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According to the aforementioned publication of 24 August, this is the second accident involving a Pegasus. The first was in March of the same year.

The helicopter that crashed this month, they also noted, “costs between 2.7 and 3.3 million euros” ($2.9 and 3.5 million).

Some network users responded by leaving the question as a message: “one more?; On digital platforms they also said: “One more? They should update the DGT helicopters and have a bigger overhaul” and “So much so that they want to guarantee our safety, first they have to guarantee theirs”. (JO)

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