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mandag 29. juni 2026
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Situasjonen vedr tilgjengelighet av flytypen er ganske elendig. Veldig bra artikkel i Aftenposten om en sak som har vært omtalt her på bloggen tidligere. Da på engelsk, nå på norsk. (Red.)
Sjekk https://tinyurl.com/456psfwm
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Helikopterulykke
| Date: | Sunday 28 June 2026 |
| Time: | 06:11 |
| Type: |  Leonardo AW139 |
| Owner/operator: | Aloula Aviation |
| Registration: | HZ-AL65 |
| MSN: | 31951 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ras Tanura -  Saudi Arabia |
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Offshore |
| Departure airport: | offshore installation |
| Ras Tanura (OERT) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
An Aloula Aviation helicopter crashed near Ras Tanura, Saudia Arabia. All 14 occupants perished.
ADS-B data show HZ-AL65 operating on a round trip from Ras Tanura Airport (OERT) to an offshore installation. The final datapoint recorded shows the helicopter in a -1216 fpm descent rate north of the airport.
Aloula Aviation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Aramco.
Luftsportulykke
| Date: | Sunday 28 June 2026 |
| Time: | 10:59 |
| Type: |  Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter |
| Owner/operator: | Classic Wings/KIAS Airlines |
| Registration: | D-FIPS |
| MSN: | 874 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tomblaine, near Nancy-Essey Airport (ENC/LFSN) -  France |
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Parachuting |
| Departure airport: | Nancy-Essey Airport (ENC/LFSN) |
| Nancy-Essey Airport (ENC/LFSN) | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter skydiving plane, operating for Tandemotion Parachutisme, crashed immediately after takeoff from Nancy-Essey Airport (ENC), France. All eleven on board suffered fatal injuries.
The aircraft had been engaged in skydiving flights during the morning.
ADS-B data indicate that at 10:53, the flight landed on runway 21 following a drop. It vacated the runway to the apron and taxied back to the runway at 10:58. It commenced the takeoff from the taxiway B intersection of runway 21, just like the previous flights. The takeoff distance available from that point is about 750 meters.
ADS-B datapoints then suggest the aircraft slightly drifted to the left on takeoff. From a position over the runway threshold it made a left hand turn and crashed on a road just outside the airport perimeter.
“A mechanical failure caused the crash,” the prefect of Meurthe-et-Moselle said. The plane “plummeted straight down, and we do not yet know the cause of the accident,” he added. There was “no flight path consistent with an emergency landing.”
“The victims include five instructors, their five students, and the pilot,” the prefect explained during a press conference. The students were a group of private healthcare worker who had come to try skydiving for the first time.
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By The Editor on Jun 29, 2026 06:40 am
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Ukraine Develops Sweetheart Reconnaissance Drone With 100 Mile Range
By The Editor on Jun 29, 2026 06:40 am
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