Serious Incident to the helicopter EC135 registered I-LASH on 08/06/2017 at Capena [Investigation led by ANSV / Italy]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Italian authorities:

During fire-fighting activity helicopter collided against aerial power line.

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General information
Local date	06/08/2017
Responsible entity	Italy - ANSV
State or area of occurrence	Italy
Location	Capena
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	Minor
Occurrence class	Serious incident
File number	BEA2017-0503

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Helicopter - Small helicopter
Operator	Italy - Heliwest
Manufacturer / Model	EUROCOPTER - EC135
Aircraft Registration	I-LASH
State of registry	Italy
Last departure point	Italy - Other (Castelnuovo di Porto)
Planned destination	Italy - Other (Castelnuovo di Porto)
Flight phase	Manoeuvring
Serial number	1046
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Natonally Regulated Operations - Firefighting

BEA is the French air safety investigation authority for civil aviation. The sole objective of the investigation is to improve air safety. It is intended neither to apportion blame nor to assess responsiblity.