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| Date: | Friday 11 November 2011 |
| Time: | 08:55 LT |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale AS 332L1 Super Puma |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea Mexicana |
| Registration: | TPH-06/XC-UHM |
| MSN: | 2127 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1984 |
| Engine model: | Turbomeca Makila |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Santa Catarina Atoyzingo, Chalco -
 Mexico
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Campo Militar Marte, Mexico City |
| Ciudad de Cuernavaca, Morelos |
A Mexican Presidential helicopter crashed near Santa Catarina Atoyzingo killing all eight on board.
The Aérospatiale AS 332L1 Super Puma helicopter (XC-UHM/TPH-06) departed Campo Militar Marte, Mexico City at 08:45 on a flight to Ciudad de Cuernavaca.
The helicopter carried the Secretary of the Interior, José Francisco Blake Mora, accompanied by Secretary for Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Secretariat itself, Felipe Castro Zamora, Director General of Social Communication, José Alfredo García Medina, the Technical Secretariat Office of the Secretary, Diana Hayton Miriam Sanchez and Rene de Leon Major Sapien, Security Chief Secretary of the Interior. Additionally there were three crew members on board.
The helicopter flew into the side of a hill, Cerro Ayaqueme, at a height of 2600 m asl. The wreckage was found at 11:12. According to the information available at this moment the location of the accident presented layers of clouds at low altitude and reduced visibility.
Sources:
http://www.sct.gob.mx/index.php?id=116&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=7676&cHash=524ce9c622
https://www.informador.mx/Mexico/Sin-sobrevivientes-tras-caida-del-helicoptero-de-Blake-Mora-20111111-0150.html
http://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/808102.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Nov-2011 11:09 | robertpilot | Added |
| 11-Nov-2011 11:48 | robertpilot | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Nov-2011 12:19 | robertpilot | Updated [Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Nov-2011 12:26 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ] |
| 11-Nov-2011 12:31 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Nov-2011 05:12 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Nov-2011 07:06 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 12-Nov-2011 13:30 | harro | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Apr-2012 08:25 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, ] |
| 06-Jun-2014 13:28 | TB | Updated [Registration, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
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