2008 Spain Pilatus PC-6 Porter crash

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2008 Spain Pilatus PC-6 Porter crash

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On May 30, 2008, a chartered [[Pilatus PC-6 Porter]] crashed near [[Lillo, Spain|Lillo]] after losing a wing. 2 of the people on board were killed.{{cite web | url=https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-pilatus-pc-6b2-h4-turbo-porter-lillo-2-killed | title=Crash of a Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter in Lillo: 2 killed | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives }}{{cite web | url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/20232 | title=Accident Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter EC-JXH, Friday 30 May 2008 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/jun/02/advertising.spain | title=Plane used in Honda ad crashes in Spain | work=The Guardian | date=2 June 2008 | last1=Sweney | first1=Mark }}
On May 30, 2008, a chartered [[Pilatus PC-6 Porter]] crashed near [[Lillo, Spain|Lillo]] after losing a wing. 2 of the people on board were killed.{{cite web | url=https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-pilatus-pc-6b2-h4-turbo-porter-lillo-2-killed | title=Crash of a Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter in Lillo: 2 killed | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives }}{{cite web | url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/20232 | title=Accident Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter EC-JXH, Friday 30 May 2008 }}
The plane was used the days before for a Honda's live skydiving TV commercial. name=guardian>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/jun/02/advertising.spain | title=Plane used in Honda ad crashes in Spain | work=The Guardian | date=2 June 2008 | last1=Sweney | first1=Mark }}


==Crash==
==Crash==
The plane took off from [[Lillo, Spain|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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pprune.org/space-flight-operations/329247-pc-6-crash-near-toledo.html|title=PC-6 Crash near Toledo|website=PPRuNe Forums}}
The plane took off from [[Lillo, Spain|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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pprune.org/space-flight-operations/329247-pc-6-crash-near-toledo.html|title=PC-6 Crash near Toledo|website=PPRuNe Forums}}

==Crew and Passrngers==
The pilot and one skydiver were killed in the crash. The skydiver was a [[Brazilia]]n-born [[Briton]], German Junior Alvares de Silva, from [[London]]. There were nine other skydivers onboard who survived the crash, four of them with injuries.


==See also==
==See also==
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