A helicopter from the Firemen of Asturias that helped in a fire falls into the swamp of Tanes

A helicopter of the Emergency Service of the Principality of Asturias has fallen to the reservoir of Tanes, in Case. According to the SEPA, the pilot, the only member of the ship, has left by his own foot from the reservoir.The event took place around 5.50 p.m. this Friday, as reported by the SEPA. This helicopter was working on the extinction of a forest fire in Sobrescobio, above the route of the Alba, and at the time of the accident was loadi…

The pilot manages to leave the ship before it sinks and swims to the shore. The causes of the accident are still unknown.

A helicopter pilot from 112 Asturias saved his life this Friday miraculously after falling with his aircraft to the reservoir of Tanes, in the municipality of Caso, when carrying out tasks of collecting water for the extinction of a fire in the area of Sobrescobio. The helicopter collided against some electrical cables that fly over the swamp, after which the pilot, before "losing control", tried to take the ship "as he could" towards the shore.…

The Asturias Firemen's aircraft got entangled in electrical cables and its crewman went out to nothing before it sank.

A helicopter from Firefighters of Asturias that was carrying out extinction work in a forest fire has sunk into the Tanes swamp, where it was loading water, for reasons that are still unknown. The pilot of the aircraft, according to EFE sources from the Fire Extinction Service of the Principality, was able to leave the ship before being submerged in the water and to swim to a bank of the reservoir, located in Case, in the surroundings of the Nat…

A helicopter from Firefighters of Asturias that was carrying out extinction work in a forest fire has sunk into the Tanes swamp, where it was loading water, for reasons that are still unknown.