2016 Haragîș helicopter crash
Smurd Eurocopter EC135 · Crashed while in adverse weather conditions
From an unrecorded airport to Cahul, Moldova
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 4 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 4
- Survivors
- 0
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- Unknown
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Unknown
Eurocopter EC135
- Aircraft type
- Eurocopter EC135
- Category
- Helicopter · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- 347
- Operator
- Smurd
- Onboard fatalities
- 4
- Route
- From not recordedTo Cahul, Moldova
Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.
From the Wikipedia article
The Haragîș helicopter crash happened on June 2, 2016, when a Romanian helicopter belonging to the SMURD emergency rescue service crashed near the village of Haragîș in Cantemir District while performing a rescue mission in Moldova.
The helicopter had saved a life earlier that day by delivering a patient to Chișinău, then it refuelled and took off for the next patient, located in the southern city of Cahul. While en route to Cahul the aircraft crashed in Cantemir District due to poor weather conditions. All 4 crew members died:
Adrian-Gabriel Sandu, nurse
Mihaela Dumea, physician
Constantin Voicu Șocae, copilot
Ilie Doru Gavril, pilot
All of them were decorated post-mortem with high honors by the President of Romania Klaus Iohannis and the President of Moldova Nicolae Timofti. In June 2017, a commemorative stamp was issued in Moldova depicting the crew members and the helicopter.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: 2016 Haragîș helicopter crash
- Revision
- 1356967619 · 2026-05-30 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q28726001
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "2016 Haragîș helicopter crash" (page 57899952, revision 1356967619)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- Wikipedia article coordinates
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- not stated in the Wikipedia article's infobox or opening paragraph
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.