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2008 Spain Pilatus PC-6 Porter crash
The Pilatus PC-6 Porter involved in the incident.
Accident
Date30 May 2008 (2008-05-30)
SummaryStructural failure, Stall and
SiteLillo, Madrid, Spain
Aircraft
Aircraft typePilatus PC-6
OperatorSkydive Lillo
RegistrationEC-JXH
Flight originLillo, Spain
Occupants10
Passengers9
Crew1
Fatalities2
Survivors8

On May 30, 2008, a chartered Pilatus Porter crashed near Lillo after losing a wing. 2 of the people on board were killed.[1][2][3]

Crash

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The plane took off from Lillo to go on a skydiving drop. There was some strong turbulence before the crash and the plane also stalled. The plane crashed after losing a wing.

See also

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references

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  1. ^ "Crash of a Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter in Lillo: 2 killed | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives".
  2. ^ "Accident Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter EC-JXH, Friday 30 May 2008".
  3. ^ Sweney, Mark (2 June 2008). "Plane used in Honda ad crashes in Spain". The Guardian.