I-A109S isebenza komoya we-INEM iigulane Inkonzo ePortugal ihlaselwe yimini egcweleyo kwindawo ekufutshane nasePorto. Ihelikopta yayisebenzela kwesona sixeko sikhulu ePortugal. Onke amalungu enqwelomoya abhubhile ngengozi, abaqhubi beenqwelomoya ezimbini, umongikazi wenqwelomoya kunye nogqirha. Ingozi yendawo yayikufuphi neSalto. I HEMS I-mission yathunyelwa ngokusindisa ubomi bomntu oneminyaka engama-76 ubudala owayegula sisifo sentliziyo, eyayihla eSalto yaya kwisibhedlele esiphakathi sePorto. I-helikopta ye-INEM ilahlekile malunga ne-6: 30 GMT ngoMgqibelo.
Ngokutsho kwe-INEM, i-helicopter yayisendleleni yokubuyela kwisiseko sayo kwisithili saseBraganca xa iphazamiseka kwimozulu embi. I-helicopter yayingu-Agusta A109S, eqhutywa yi-Babcock nkampani. I-helicopter yayisebenza ePorto emva komsebenzi e-Italy, njenge-Air Ambulance yase-Abruzzo kunye nommandla waseMarche.
"I-hemopter yonyango yokuphuthuma ye-INEM yongxamiseko yakhiwe kwi-1997 kwaye isekelwe ukuhambisa izigulane eziphuthumayo ze-16,370, ngaphandle [ukubhalisa] nasiphi na isiganeko esiyingozi," INEM yabhala kwiwebhusayithi yayo.