Two helicopters collided midair near an airport on May, leaving no survivorsThere were a total of five people on board the helicopters, which were registered outside of Finland and traveling from Estonia
The investigation into the collision is ongoing, and it could take up to a year, authorities said
Multiple people are dead after two helicopters collided and crashed near an airport, leaving no survivors.
A total of five people died in the incident — which took place in Kauttua, Eura, near the Eura Airport in southwestern Finland — on Saturday, May 17, according to an official news release from Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).
According to flight plans, there were two people on board one of the helicopters and three in the other, Finnish police said. Both aircraft were destroyed in the collision and subsequent crash. Read more below
