A helicopter had a serious accident and fell this Friday on the M-40 in Madrid near the Hortaleza neighborhood, near the Ifema fairgrounds. The two occupants have survived.
The first escaped on his own foot and the second was rescued by the Madrid firefighters. Both have been taken to the hospital. The most serious suffers a mild craniocerebral trauma and the second possible fracture of the femur. There is a third injured. He is the driver of a vehicle that was traveling on the M-40 with minor cuts from glass, according to Emergencies Madrid.
The crashed yellow helicopter is an Enstrom 280 FX with registration F-HPUX that had been exhibited at an Ifema sector fair.
Specifically, the fall occurred in the median of the M-40 at kilometer 5,500 at the height of the Campo de las Unidas, near Ifema, where the European Rotors aviation fair had been held these days. He was heading towards the Cuatro Vientos airport, reports Fly News
Several fire crews from the Madrid City Council and Samur-Civil Protection have traveled to the scene.
The accident took place at 10:20 in the morning and the reasons for the accident are unknown. Fortunately, the two occupants survived and the helicopter did not fall on any car.
Meanwhile, the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) has cut one lane in each direction of the M-40 to facilitate the work of the emergency services and the removal of the device, but has not interrupted circulation on this road which, however, , it’s being complicated.
The Pegaso team dedicated to security in the airspace of the Civil Guard Command in Madrid has taken charge of road safety. And the National Police will be in charge of investigating the accident, the causes of which are unknown at the moment. For their part, Madrid firefighters are carrying out risk control to verify that there is no fuel spill.
The fair, which closed its doors yesterday after four days of activity, is presented as one of the most important in the helicopter aviation sector and one of the largest in Europe.