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Crash victims’ 37 seconds of terror

Aug 15, 2007
By Joel Alas

TECHNICAL FAULT: Vice-chairman of the investigating commission Tonis Alder said that flakes of plasma coating ultimately led to the crash.
TALLINN - The victims of the 2005 Copterline helicopter crash endured 37 seconds of terror as the aircraft spun 13 times mid-air before plunging 500 meters into the sea, killing all on board. New details of the crash were revealed by the Estonian government’s investigating commission, which released an interim report in Tallinn on Aug. 8. The report outlined the final moments aboard the Sikorsky S-76 aircraft, which crashed into the Bay of Tallinn only three minutes after departing en route to ...

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