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On 9 March 2015, two Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil helicopters collided mid-air near Villa Castelli, Argentina, killing all ten people on board both aircraft.

2015 Villa Castelli mid-air collision
A Eurocopter AS350B3 Écureuil similar to the two involved
Accident
Date9 March 2015 (2015-03-09)
SummaryMid-air collision
SiteVilla Castelli, La Rioja Province, Argentina
29°01′05″S 68°13′37″W
Total fatalities10 (all)
Total survivors0
First aircraft
TypeEurocopter AS350B3 Écureuil
RegistrationLQ-CGK
Occupants5
Passengers4
Crew1
Fatalities5
Survivors0
Second aircraft
TypeEurocopter AS350B3 Écureuil
RegistrationLQ-FJQ
Occupants5
Passengers4
Crew1
Fatalities5
Survivors0

The helicopters had just departed together from the same spot and collided during the initial climb-out. They were transporting production staff and guests for the French reality TV series Dropped, and among the victims were French sailor Florence Arthaud, swimmer Camille Muffat and boxer Alexis Vastine.


Background


Location of the crash site in Argentina

The French television channel TF1 was filming an episode of Dropped, a reality TV show that takes celebrities to a hostile environment by helicopter and films their efforts to survive.[1] The cast comprised various Olympic medallists and international sportspeople, including French athletes Alain Bernard, Philippe Candeloro, Jeannie Longo, and Sylvain Wiltord, plus Arthaud, Muffat and Vastine; Swiss athlete Anne-Flore Marxer was also taking part.[2]

Filming began in late February 2015 in Ushuaia, in the far south of Argentina, before moving to Northwest Argentina, in the province of La Rioja, about 1,170 kilometres (730 mi) from the capital Buenos Aires.[1] At the time of the accident, Wiltord had already been eliminated from the competition and was back in France.[3]


Collision


Each helicopter was carrying four passengers in addition to the pilot.[4] Seconds after taking off together, at about 17:15 local time (20:15 UTC), the two helicopters collided while climbing away at a height of about 100 metres (330 ft), and both crashed to the ground.[5]

A video of the accident appears to show the lower of the two helicopters climbing at a higher rate than the other one, colliding with it from below. Weather conditions at the time were reported as good.[6]


Aircraft


The two aircraft involved were both Eurocopter AS350B3 Écureuil; one was registered LQ-CGK, the other LQ-FJQ.[7][8] LQ-CGK was manufactured in 2010 and was owned by the provincial government of La Rioja.[9] LQ-FJQ was manufactured in 2012 and was owned by the provincial government of Santiago del Estero.[10]


Victims


All ten people on board both aircraft were killed in the accident, including French athletes Florence Arthaud, Camille Muffat and Alexis Vastine.[2] The others killed were the two Argentinian pilots and five French members of the production team, Adventure Line Productions.[1][4] The other show contestants were reported to have been waiting on the ground nearby when the accident occurred.[1]


Reactions



Investigation


The Junta de Investigaciones de Accidentes de Aviación Civil (JIAAC), Argentina's state body in charge of air accident inquires, opened an investigation, assisted by the French counterpart Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile (BEA).[8][12] French prosecutors also opened a case.[1]

The deputy leader of the Radical Civic Union party stated that LQ-CGK was an official helicopter of La Rioja province, only meant to be used for medical emergencies. Governor Luis Beder Herrera confirmed this statement and stated that the helicopter had been "lent" to a tourism company.[9][13]

The final report, released in Spanish, English and French,[14] determined the factors related to the accident as:


See also



References


  1. "Three French sports stars die in Argentina helicopter crash". BBC News Online. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  2. "Bodies of French sports stars recovered from Argentina crash site". France24. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  3. "Wiltord faisait partie de cette équipe mais avait été éliminé" [Wiltord was part of the team but had been eliminated]. Europe 1 (in French). Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  4. "Ten dead in double helicopter crash in Argentina". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  5. Eliana Raszewski; Mark John (10 March 2015). "French sports stars killed in Argentina helicopter crash". Reuters. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  6. Argentina helicopter collision caught on camera, retrieved 27 March 2021
  7. "Choque de helicópteros en Argentina: 10 fallecidos" [Helicopter Crash in Argentina: 10 deaths]. Modocharlie (in Spanish). 9 March 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  8. "[INFO]" (in Spanish). JIAAC. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  9. "Eurocopter AS350B3 Ecureuil c/n 7041". Helis.com. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  10. "Eurocopter AS350B3 Ecureuil c/n 7574". Helis.com. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  11. "Wiltord tweet". Sylvain Wiltord Twitter profile (in French). 10 March 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  12. "Drame de "Dropped". Alain Bernard : "Camille était heureuse d'être là"" ["Dropped" Tragedy. Alain Bernard: "Camille was happy to be there"]. Le Parisien (in French). 11 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  13. "Tragedia de La Rioja: piden explicaciones por el uso del helicóptero estatal" [Tragedy at La Rioja: there is a request for explanations for use of the state helicopter]. La Razón (in Spanish). 10 March 2015. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  14. "LQ-CGK / LQ-FJQ Final Report" (PDF). Junta de Investigaciones de Accidentes de Aviación Civil.



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