Helikopterulykken - To omkom i en AS350 - Flygeren overlevde - ASN - NRK /Dagbladet

 

Date:	01-NOV-2022
Time:	c. 10:42
Type:	Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil
Owner/operator:	Midtnorsk Helikopterservice AS
Registration:	LN-OBP
MSN:	3575
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	Verdal, Trøndelag -    Norway
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil was destroyed when it impacted open field terrain in foggy/low visibility conditions in Verdal, Trøndelag.
Two occupants died and one occupant sustained serious injuries.

Sources:

https://www.tv2.no/nyheter/helikopterhavari-i-verdal-to-omkommet-og-en-skadet/15232328/?fbclid=IwAR1OoUk4lPaZjLa4QSd-ORixv2uYENxArFoc78isp-50DXbLC4DP0YhDcys
https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/4oBm4o/alvorlig-helikopterulykke-i-verdal-to-er-doede?fbclid=IwAR0IsKIfDw9U6m84V8-ArfXY95n495JPRKGFve15MzeLtDsOwrXxJmqSkjI
https://www.nrk.no/trondelag/helikopterhavari-i-verdal-1.16161234

https://helikopterservice.no/no/rett-helikopter-til-rett-oppdrag/lofttehelikopter-til-hytte/#1463749466880-a486b155-45e4

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– Vi har fått bekreftet et helikopterhavari ute på et jorde.

Det forteller vaktleder Roger Gjersvold ved Midt-Norge 110-sentral bekrefter til NRK.

Det var klokka 10:42 at politiet fikk melding om at et helikopter hadde havarert i et utmarksområde like utenfor Verdal sentrum.

– Det er et helikopter som har gått i bakken ved Stiklestad, utenfor Verdal. Det har skjedd i utmark, utenfor tettbebygd område, sier operasjonsleder Solfrid Lægdheim hos politiet.

Det er satt i gang en stor redningsaksjon der alle nødetatene deltar.

– Det er for tidlig å gå ut med skadeomfanget til de som er involvert, sier Lægdheim.

Men hun sier det er flere som er alvorlig skadd.

Dagbladet melder om to omkomne

Helikopterhavari ved Verdal - NRK

Ikke noe flyvær akkurat..... (Red.)

Helikopterhavari i Verdal – frykter omkomne

Et helikopter har styrta like utenfor Verdal. Flere personer er skadd.

FOTO: JØRGEN HAUG/INNHERRED

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Dette høres ganske hult ut  med referanse til Kinas militarisering av øyer i Sør Kinahavet. (Red.)

CHINA SAYS B-52S IN NT COULD ‘TRIGGER ARMS RACE IN REGION’

written by Adam Thorn | November 1, 2022

A B-52H Stratofortress is parked on the flightline at Barksdale Air Force Base in May 2020 (US Air Force)

China has warned the US’s plans to regularly base six of its nuclear-capable B-52 bombers at RAAF Base Tindal may “trigger an arms race in the region”.

The country’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Zhao Lijian, urged the US and Australia to abandon what it branded an “outdated Cold War zero-sum mentality” and “narrow geopolitical mindset”.

“Such a move by the US and Australia escalates regional tensions, gravely undermines regional peace and stability, and may trigger an arms race in the region,” Lijian said.

He added the countries should “do more things that are good for regional peace and stability and mutual trust among all parties.”

It follows a report by Four Corners on Monday that revealed Washington will build dedicated facilities in the NT, including a ‘squadron operations facility’ and parking areas for the aircraft. While the aircraft is a regular visitor to Australia, the development means B-52s will effectively be regularly based here.

It comes amid growing tensions with China and after the US sent six of its B-2 Spirit bombers to train at RAAF Base Amberley this year.

The upgrades to Tindal that will allow it to house B-52 are expected to cost $22.5 million and be financed by the US government.

The US Air Force appeared to confirm the plans telling the ABC, “The RAAF’s ability to host USAF bombers, as well as train alongside them, demonstrates how integrated our two air forces are.”

However, both the federal government and territory governments have played down any concerns the new facility at Tindal could escalate relations in the region.

Minister for Northern Australia, Madeleine King, called the base upgrade a “welcome investment” that would be good for the community and jobs.

Meanwhile, the Northern Territory’s Deputy Chief Minister, Nicole Manison, added the move wouldn’t be a cause for concern.

“I think everybody acknowledges that the Northern Territory has always been … a defence place,” Manison said.

“I think territorians are very comfortable with that, they understand our strategic location, and generally are very supportive of that defence investment.”

The B-52H Stratofortress is a long-range, heavy bomber that can perform a variety of missions, including nuclear and conventional bombing alongside maritime surveillance.

The US currently has a fleet of 76, and the aircraft type has been in operation for more than 60 years. During the first Gulf War, it dropped 40 per cent of the coalition force’s weapons.

It has an unrefueled combat range in excess of 14,000km.

“The B-52 is capable of dropping or launching the widest array of weapons in the U.S. inventory,” states the US Air Force’s website.

“This includes gravity bombs, cluster bombs, precision-guided missiles and joint direct attack munitions.

“Updated with modern technology, the B-52 is capable of delivering the full complement of joint-developed weapons and will continue into the 21st century as an important element of our nation’s defences.

“The Air Force currently expects to operate B-52s through 2050.”

It comes after the US sent six of its batwing, B-2 Spirit stealth bombers to Amberley this year to train with RAAF F-35s.

The UFO-like Spirit can also carry nuclear weapons and is thought to be the most expensive aircraft ever made, valued at around $2 billion each.

Their visit amounted to the biggest-ever deployment of the US’s most important military jet to Australia, with the country’s active fleet only numbering 20.

It came as the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan. China retaliated by testing ballistic missiles over Taipei for the first time.

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Kinas kunstige øyer - Radio Free Asia

Haag domstolen har avgjort at disse øyene er ulovlige og er i farvann som er åpent for internasjonal ferdsel. Kina aksepterer ikke det og hevder at øyene er bygget på deres kontinentalsokkel, hvilket det ikke er hold for. (Red.)

New photos show China’s artificial islands are highly developed military bases

The reclaimed reefs and rocks house airfields, radar installations and possible missile silos.

By RFA Staff
2022.10.31

In this Oct. 25, 2022 aerial photo, buildings and communication structures are seen on the artificial island built by China in Mischief Reef in Spratly Islands, South China Sea. China has progressively asserted its claim of ownership over disputed islands in the South China Sea by artificially increasing the size of islands, creating new islands and building ports, military outposts and airstrips.

 Photo: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images

New images have emerged showing airfields and other structures on some of China’s artificial islands in the South China Sea that the U.S. said had been “fully militarized.”

Getty Image’s photographer Ezra Acayan obtained access to flights near a number of reefs and rocks that China has reclaimed and turned into military bases with radar stations, airstrips and artillery installations.

The photos taken on Oct. 25 show another dimension of the Chinese artificial islands, up to now mostly captured on satellite images.

U.S. Indo-Pacific commander, Adm. John C. Aquilino, said in March that China had fully militarized at least three artificial islands including Mischief Reef, Subi Reef and Fiery Cross, all in the Spratly archipelago that Beijing claims “historical rights” over.

Life on Fiery Cross

The Getty photos provide extensive details of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) facilities on Mischief Reef, Gaven Reefs, Subi Reef, Cuarteron Reef, Fiery Cross Reef and Hughes Reef - six of the 15 Spratly features occupied by China.

Fiery Cross Reef appears to be one of the most developed, with a fully operational airfield, hangars, other large buildings and radomes, or domes with radar equipment inside.

A new type of building spotted on Fiery Cross, as well as on Mischief and Subi Reefs, is a garage-like structure that may be sheltering missile launchers, according to analysts.

“My guess is that the sea-facing garages are for angled cruise missile launchers,” Tom Shugart, adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security, wrote on Twitter.

Another analyst, Tyler Rogoway, editor of The War Zone defense news portal, said they could “be used to house, service, and rapidly deploy” launchers used to fire surface-to-air, anti-ship, or surface-to-surface missiles.

Shugart also noted some other details such as “a car driving around Fiery Cross and someone walking down a street.”

“It's not crowds, but it's also not nothing,” he wrote.

Three weeks ago Chinese state media reported that there is a growing population of more than 5,000 “officers and soldiers stationed” on islands and reefs that China occupies in the South China Sea.

In this Oct. 25, 2022 aerial photo, a aircraft is seen on the tarmac of the artificial island built by China in Mischief Reefthe in Spratly Islands, South China Sea. (Photo: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)

Radomes and gun turrets

In one of the pictures of Fiery Cross, a KJ-500 airborne early warning and control aircraft is visible on the runway.

“The image of a KJ-500 on the runway is compelling and confirms that the PLA is still regularly flying aerial patrols off the islands,” Greg Poling, director of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) told RFA. 

“That has been ongoing since 2020,” he added.

According to The War Zone’s Rogoway, the KJ-500 and other intelligence-gathering and submarine-hunting aircraft “frequently operate from the airfield there.”

Radomes, gun turrets and close-in weapon systems for detecting and destroying incoming missiles and aircraft are common features on all the artificial islands.

On Subi Reef, the main runway is being blocked by several objects, possibly vehicles, or carts.

“This is an unsafe act, hostile to anyone else flying in the area” as pilots of an aircraft in true distress may not see the blockade and crash, according to Shugart. 

“This once again puts the lie to the idea these islands were built for the navigational safety of all,” the Fort Hood-based analyst said.

“They're military bases, period.”

In this Oct. 25, 2022 aerial photo, buildings, airstrips and communication structures are seen on the artificial island built by China in Mischief Reef in Spratly Islands, South China Sea. (Photo: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)

China and five other parties claim parts of the South China Sea including the features which, according to the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, are reefs and rocks and not islands.

By law, reefs and rocks have much more limited rights to natural resources than islands.

Beijing has developed at least seven artificial islands, creating 1,295 hectares (3,200 acres) of new land since 2013, according to the CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative.

On a trip to Washington in 2015, China’s leader Xi Jinping said “China does not intend to pursue militarization" of the artificial islands in the South China Sea but critics say they greatly expand the offensive capability of the PLA and threaten other countries in the vicinity.