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Copterline Flight 103
Copterline Flight 103 (AAQ103) was a Copterline helicopter flight en route to Helsinki, Finland from Tallinn, Estonia that crashed into the Tallinn Bay on 10 August 2005, at 12:45 local time.
The Sikorsky S-76C+ crash occurred three to four minutes after taking off. On board were two Finnish crew members and twelve passengers: six Finns, four Estonians and two Americans. There were no survivors.
Crash.
The helicopter was flying at an altitude of about when it suddenly lost its steerability and
Copterline Flight 103 crashed while flying between Tallinn and Helsinki, three kilometers south of Aegna island. All 14 people on the helicopter died. After that tragic accident, the company closed the route.
Copterline has not been operating on the Helsinki-Tallinn route recently. The airline was planning to open the route again in August 2013, but these plans were postponed and later cancelled. Instead the company currently provides helicopter services to the oil and energy sector on the North Sea.
In March 2016, Copterline OÜ filed for