Spain's Aviation Safety and Security Agency (AESA) is to request all information regarding flight permits for the four helicopters that landed at a finca in Colonia Sant Jordi on Thursday and left on Friday. The information will be requested from the state air navigation company, Enaire. As is also the case with the AENA airports authority's operations centre, regulations require that Enaire has a flight plan so that it is known at all times where helicopters are - from where they are taking off and where they are landing.
Investigation to be launched into helicopters that landed in Colonia Sant Jordi
A built-up area with power lines
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Impound the helicopters and revoke the pilots’ licences
Shock horror. helicopters. Whatever next aliens ? If the Belgian finca applied to become a heliport then the neighbours would rightly have something to say. However one single event is hardly the end of the world.
There was a terrible accident a few years back involving a helicopter and two microlights. With the sky being more occupied and uncontrolled as this story suggests then we can expect further tragedy to come.
Professional helicopter pilots do not abuse the rules as their licence is at risk. Someone somewhere must have given permission for the flight plan.