According to the authorities, the injured include the plane’s pilot and passenger; one of them was able to get out of the vehicle after the accident, but the other had to be freed by the firefighters. They were both taken to hospital with minor head injuries and possible femur fractures.
A motorist whose vehicle collided with the downed helicopter was also injured in the accident. The driver was injured by shards of broken window glass in the crash.
José Luis Martínez-Almeida, the mayor of the Spanish capital, reported to the press that shortly before the accident, the aircraft took off from the area of the Madrid International Exhibition and Fair (IFEMA), where the European Rotors aviation fair was held in recent days. .
He emphasized the skill of the pilot, who maneuvered in such a way that the helicopter touched the ground in the central dividing strip of the highway, thus avoiding a much bigger tragedy on the otherwise extremely busy stretch of road.
The cause of the accident is not yet known, he added.
The vehicle involved in the accident is an Enstrom 280FX Shark light helicopter, which is used for both military pilot training and police duties, as well as for agricultural and commercial purposes.
