This is the startling footage taken from inside a helicopter carrying two American tourists as an alarm sounds and the pilot loses control forcing him to crash land sending the chopper rolling onto its side.
The incident took place in a tourist helicopter in Valle de Uco in Tupungato, in the western Argentina province of Mendoza.
The La Puntilla company was taking two tourists on a panoramic tour of the area and was passing over a ranch located in Tupungato when the pilot, Walter Quiroga, noticed something wrong with the helicopter and decided to perform an emergency landing.
In the video recorded by a tourist in the back of the aircraft, the pilot can be seen bringing the helicopter down for the emergency landing next to a farmhouse when an alarm suddenly begins sounding.
The pilot then appears to lose control of the aircraft and is suddenly drops to the ground with a crash as the camera turns black.
The alarm can then be heard sounding again and people can be heard speaking in English with what appears to be an American accent.
Another clip taken from the ground shows the helicopter coming in to land when it drops suddenly onto the ground and turns on its side.
The propeller then hits the ground with a thud and comes to halt before the clip ends.
Local media report nobody was seriously injured in the incident and emergency services were called as soon as the helicopter lost contact with Francisco Gabrielli airport.
Firefighters, Civil Protection officers and a police helicopter were used in the rescue effort to reach the San Antonio ranch. Paramedics attended to the three people who were inside the helicopter and none of them needed to be hospitalised.
Pilot Walter Quiroga told local media outlet TN: "We were never lost like has been said. I was the one who reported what happened. As soon as it happened I notified that we were all okay and the none of the three of us needed medical assistance. We all walked away from it.
“The tourists took it very well despite what happened. They asked me if I was okay.”
The pilot said that the helicopter was insured but said that it “had a lot of damage” and it “will not be convenient to repair”.
He added: “I’m not the first and I won’t be the last pilot to have an accident. I have been a pilot for 20 years and I’ll keep being a pilot. My wife has been through so many scares with me that now she’s used to it. It can happen to anyone on their way to work. Road accidents are more common than air accidents.”
According to preliminary investigations, the helicopter had a mechanical failure that affected the GPS radar and caused the interruption with the control tower.
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