04/2022

Summary:

On 20/8/2019 at 15:35 h, an Agusta A109C Helicopter with registration SX-HTO of IFLY SA Company took off for a commercial air transport flight from the Landing Field in the area of Galata with destination Athens International Airport. The Pilot and two passengers were on board. 34 seconds after take-off, the Helicopter collided in sequence three Power Cables that crossed the channel, (positioned 314 meters from the take-off point), and then crashed into the sea. The Helicopter was destroyed by the collision with the Cables and by the impact with the sea surface. The three occupants of the Helicopter were fatally injured.