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Heli Holland EC130 accident

27 Jun 2010 · Maasvlakte, Netherlands

Eurocopter EC 130 · The accident involving the Heli Holland EC130 took place on 27 June 2010 in the Netherlands

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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
Unknown
Survivors
1
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
Airline

Eurocopter EC 130

Aircraft type
Eurocopter EC-130
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
PH-ECJ
Operator
Heli Holland
Onboard fatalities
4
Route
From not recordedTo not recorded

Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.

From the Wikipedia article

The accident involving the Heli Holland EC130 took place on 27 June 2010 in the Netherlands. A Eurocopter EC-130 (registration PH-ECJ) of Heli Holland crashed on the Maasvlakte near Rotterdam.

There were five occupants on board, including three photographers, an employee of the Port of Rotterdam Authority and the pilot. The only survivor was a photographer from the ANP. The helicopter had been hired by the Port of Rotterdam Authority to take footage of the Tour du Port, a ride for cycling enthusiasts on the eve of the start of the 2010 Tour de France.

Translated into English with AI assistance from the Dutch Wikipedia article “Heli Holland EC130-ongeval” (revision 68241101, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article

Sources

Dutch Wikipedia article: Heli Holland EC130-ongeval
Article
Heli Holland EC130-ongeval
Translation
Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
Revision
68241101 · 2024-10-12 · retrieved 2026-09-19
Wikidata
Q2187864
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
nl Wikipedia article "Heli Holland EC130-ongeval" (page 1942370, revision 68241101), translated into English with AI assistance
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
operator is an airline according to Wikidata
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia article lead
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Dutch Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.