ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 152474
Last updated: 14 November 2018
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| Date: | 02-JUN-1970 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Agusta-Bell 206A-1 JetRanger ? |
| Owner/operator: | Imperial Iranian Army Aviation (IIAA) ? |
| Registration: | |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Karadsch (Karaj), Alborz -
 Iran
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | |
Flew into power lines while filming over Karaj Dam. French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse (48) and the Iranian military pilot were killed. His son and assistant cinematographer, Pascal, survived.
Albert Lamorisse died in a helicopter crash while filming the documentary Le Vent des amoureux (The Lovers' Wind), during a helicopter-tour of Iran in 1970. As of June 2012 the helicopter is still hanging from the overhead line wires it had crashed into as a memorial for his efforts
Sources:
1. Hamburger Abendblatt 3.6.1970, p33
2. https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/movies/11raff.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lamorisse
4. https://slate.com/culture/2018/07/albert-lamorisses-iranian-documentary-the-lovers-wind.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jan-2013 10:58 | TB | Added |
| 29-Aug-2013 16:42 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jul-2018 19:11 | lbowma3 | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
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