Mobilai President Amnon Shashua was slightly injured in a helicopter crash

Crash scene

(Photo: Yair Sagi)

President and CEO of Mobilai Prof. Amnon Amusement (61) He was lightly injured this morning (Sunday) in a helicopter crash near Kibbutz Yakum in the Sharon. Shashua was evacuated by helicopter from Eden Aviation to the airport in Herzliya, where he was treated by an MDA team. The Civil Aviation Authority opened an investigation to find out the circumstances of the accident.

Preliminary specifications indicate that Amusa took off for a solo flight as a trainee of an aviation school, made a practice landing in a field near Yakum and when he tried to take off again – crashed with the aircraft.

The report of the crash of the Bell 205 helicopter was received at MDA’s 101 hotline in the Yarkon area at 09:06.

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Amusement and crash scene

(Photo: Yair Sagi, Alex Kolomoisky)

The helicopter that Amusement was flying belongs to the Tel Aviv Executive Helicopters company and that this was his second solo flight as a trainee at the airport flight school. He tried to take off after landing practice in the universe and apparently lost control of the rudders. Following this, the plane crashed on its side. Solo flights are performed by campers only, while the guides accompany them in connection with the airport.

In 1999, Shashua founded Mobilai, a company that develops, manufactures and markets advanced assistance systems for private car drivers. In 2014, the company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange at a value of $ 5.8 billion, and to date it is the largest Israeli offering of all time. Four years ago, the company was sold to Intel for a total of more than $ 15 billion.

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