A tragic mid-air collision of two helicopters near Eura airport in southwestern Finland killed five individuals on Saturday. Occurring shortly after noon, the crash site is located close to Kauttua, with wreckage found 700 meters from the Ohikulkutie road. The helicopters, reportedly en route to a hobby aviation event, were carrying business personnel and had taken off from Estonia. The National Bureau of Investigation is conducting an inquiry, collaborating with local police and Finnish and Estonian authorities to investigate the incident.
Five people have died in a helicopter accident near Eura airport on Saturday, DCI Johannes Siirila, of the National Bureau of Investigation, said.
Witness Antti Marjanen described seeing one helicopter hit the other, stating, "One of them dropped like a stone and the other one more slowly."
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