A firefighting helicopter crashed into a river during an operation in Indonesia. Video

In the province of South Kalimantan in Indonesia crashed helicopter Eurocopter EC225LP Super Puma involved in extinguishing forest fires, reports RMOL.

The aircraft with registration number VH-HGM fell into the Barito River in the district of Barito Kuala on November 8 at about 11:58 local time (06:58 GMT). The helicopter participated in the operation to extinguish fires in the area of the village of Tabatan. According to preliminary data, the accident occurred during the maneuver after taking water from the river with the help of a special suspended container.

All three crew members were evacuated. At the same time, the helicopter was removed from the water and brought ashore, said the acting head of the Data, Information and Communications Center of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Burton Punjaitan.

The helicopter was owned by a private operator and was chartered by BNPB to fight fires from the air. The head of the agency Christomey Sianturi received a preliminary report on the accident. The relevant services continue to work at the site, which will have to establish the circumstances and causes of the incident.

Earlier, on November 3, in Nepal, when two helicopters collided on the landing site in the Everest area, an Indian citizen was killed, two more people were injured. The accident occurred in Peric at an altitude of about 4.4 thousand meters above sea level. One of the helicopters was carrying a cargo flight from Lukla, the other was carrying two foreign passengers from Gorakshep.