Helicopter collision in Finland: five deaths in dramatic misfortune!

Hubschrauber kollidieren in Finnland: Fünf Tote bei Unfall im Südwesten. Ermittlungen laufen. Weitere Details folgen.
Helicopters collide in Finland: five deaths in the event of an accident in the southwest. Investigations run. Follow more details. (Symbolbild/NAGW)

Helicopter collision in Finland: five deaths in dramatic misfortune!

Eura, Finnland - On May 17, 2025, a tragic helicopter accident occurred in Finland, in which five people died. According to the reports of and Vol.at two helicopters in the southwest of Finland collided around noon. The two machines originally wanted to leave a Finnish airfield from the Estonian Tallinn.

The police received reports about the collision around noon, and the wrecks of the two helicopters were discovered in a forested area at Eura, about 100 meters apart. The circumstances of the accident are still unclear. Witnesses reported on the two helicopters that flew very close together, with one of them made an unexpected movement before collision occurred. Both helicopters were completely destroyed in the incident.

autopsy and identity explanation

All five passengers on board, two in one and three in the other helicopter. So far there has been no official information about the identity of the victims. According to the Estonian newspaper "Postimees", business people could have been among them. The helicopters were registered abroad and were on behalf of a probably commercial mission.

The Finnish and Estonian authorities work closely together in the investigation. The accident site was cordoned off so as not to affect the investigation. Further information on the incident will be published next Sunday.

comparable accidents

A review of the last helicopter accidents shows that such tragedies are not isolated. A similar incident occurred on January 29 when a military helicopter collided with a passenger plane in Washington, which also led to a high loss of human life. In this case, too, a location system was deactivated, which made it difficult to investigate and report, such as ZDF reported.

In the current case in Finland, public attention remains addressed to the continuing investigation, while members of the deceased are waiting for news about their loved ones.

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