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Fatal injuries due to direct helicopter propeller strike

verfasst von: Larissa Amadasi, Alberto Amadasi, Claas Thade Buschmann, Michael Tsokos

Erschienen in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology | Ausgabe 4/2022

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Abstract

During a helicopter exercise, due to the scarce visibility caused by the presence of snow, a collision between a landing helicopter and one already on the ground occurred. The 40-year-old pilot of the already landed aircraft was killed as a result of a direct propeller impact in the right side of the pilot’s cockpit, while the co-pilot remained uninjured. At autopsy, the macroscopic characteristic findings in the form of cut injuries and amputations along the axis of the rotor blade impact as well as a 3D reconstruction through CT-Scan were analyzed and discussed for a thorough reconstruction of the injuries and the dynamics.

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Titel: Fatal injuries due to direct helicopter propeller strike
verfasst von: Larissa Amadasi
Alberto Amadasi
Claas Thade Buschmann
Michael Tsokos
Publikationsdatum: 05.08.2022
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology / Ausgabe 4/2022
Print ISSN: 1547-769X
Elektronische ISSN: 1556-2891
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-022-00509-x

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