Date:	Sunday 18 September 2011
Time:	17:00 LT
Type:	Robinson R44 Clipper II
Owner/operator:	GPM Aeroservicio
Registration:	XA-UFE
MSN:	11244
Year of manufacture:	2006
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Unknown
Location:	Nichupte lagoon, Cancun -   Mexico
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
A Robinson R44 Clipper II helicopter crashed while flying over Nichupte lagoon in the Mexican Caribbean resort city of Cancun over the weekend, but no one was injured, police said.

The helicopter, which was carrying a Mexican pilot and two Brazilian tourists, went down Sunday in the resort’s hotel district.

The aircraft ended up completely submerged in the lagoon.

Pilot Ricardo Bulerui and tourists Ricardo Santos and Eduardo Abelnai were not hurt in the crash.

http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=426165&CategoryId=14091
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fmexico.cnn.com%2Fnacional%2F2011%2F09%2F19%2Fun-helicoptero-con-dos-turistas-se-desploma-en-la-zona-hotelera-de-cancun

https://abpic.co.uk/images/images/1291557F.jpg (photo)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Sep-2011 07:47	gerard57	Added
20-Sep-2011 08:20	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative]
21-Sep-2011 23:42	Anon.	Updated [Country]
22-Sep-2011 05:59	RobertMB	Updated [Operator, Narrative]