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| Date: | Saturday 17 December 2011 |
| Time: | 20:19 |
| Type: |  MBB Bo 105CBS-4 |
| Owner/operator: | HeliService International |
| Registration: | D-HLSZ |
| MSN: | S-683 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1984 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | ca 5,7 mi from Neumeyer III Station -
 Antarctica
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Offshore |
| Departure airport: | Aktabucht |
| FS Polarstern | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hit the ground with main rotor blades in steep right turn in white-out conditions and came to rest onto its side while trying to return to the hard landed Bo 105 D-HANT.
Sources:
http://aerossurance.com/helicopters/antarctic-helicopter-accidents/
https://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Home/homepage_node.htmlDE/Publikationen/Untersuchungsberichte/2011/Bericht_11_4X041und042_2xBO105_Antarktis.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
https://www.aerosieger.de/news/1329/b0105-absturz-in-der-antarktis.html/
Images:
Thre is no copyright on this photo
Media:
"Der Helicopter der FS Polarstern bringt Gaeste vom Schiff zur Station" by Alfred-Wegener-Institut/Thomas Steuer (CC-BY 4.0). Licensed under CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
#OTD in 2011: two Bo105s made a precautionary landing in the #Antarctic before then pressing on and encountering whiteout conditions.https://t.co/cbLxADIjmD #accident #helicopter #flightsafety #aviationsafety pic.twitter.com/0wtx6ZADVo
— Aerossurance (@Aerossurance) December 17, 2020
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Feb-2013 10:30 | TB | Added |
| 05-Feb-2013 11:17 | TB | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 27-May-2015 06:52 | harro | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 30-Sep-2016 15:48 | Aerossurance | Updated [Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 09-Oct-2016 16:18 | TB | Updated [Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 12-Oct-2020 07:08 | jsm | Updated [Time, Nature, Source, Photo, ] |
| 17-Dec-2020 07:56 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
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