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Eurocopter EC135T2 crash near Kiskunlacháza, Hungary

fatal2008-07-312 fatalities
Summary

A Hungarian Air Ambulance EC135T2 on a patient transfer from Paks to Budapest crashed near Kiskunlacháza. One person died at the scene and another died in hospital three days later; the other three were injured. Investigators considered it most likely that the crew shut down the working No 1 engine by mistake after the No 2 engine had already been stopped following a DECU failure.

Incident details
Date
2008-07-31
Location
Kiskunlacháza, Hungary
Registration
HA-ECE
Operator
Hungarian Air Ambulance
Operator type
civil
Fatalities
2
Injuries
1
Probable cause
Phase of flight
en route
Source
NTSB ↗
47.1903, 19.0057
Quick stats
Severityfatal
Fatalities2
Injuries1
SourceNTSB
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