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| Date: | Tuesday 29 April 2025 |
| Time: | c 10:00 LT |
| Type: |  Bell 212 |
| Owner/operator: | Heliservicios Internacionales SA de CV |
| Registration: | XB-SNA |
| MSN: | 35062 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | La Rioja Canyon, Arteaga, Caohuila -
 Mexico
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Bell 212 crashed during firefighting activities in a forest near the La Rioja Canyon, Arteaga, Caohuila.
The nine occupants suffered minor injuries and the helicopter was destroyed by fire.
Sources:
https://vanguardia.com.mx/coahuila/saltillo/coahuila-ellos-son-el-piloto-y-los-8-brigadistas-que-salvaron-la-vida-en-desplome-de-helicoptero-PG15755956
https://www.nmas.com.mx/coahuila/incendio-forestal-en-arteaga-coahuila-lista-brigadistas-del-helicoptero-que-cayo/
https://www.aztecajalisco.com/tendenciayviral/helicoptero-cae-prende-en-llamas-aterrizaje-forzoso-coahuila-cual-causa-accidente
https://mvsnoticias.com/nacional/estados/2025/4/29/se-desploma-helicoptero-con-brigadistas-en-coahuila-video-689973.html
https://fronterizanews.com/fronterizanews/helicoptero-bell-logra-evacuacion-segura-tras-aterrizaje-forzoso-en-la-roja/
https://www.heliservicios.com.mx/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Bell-212-Carga-externa-alta-capacidad-scaled.jpeg (photo)
History of this aircraft
Ex XC-JBN, C-FOMH
Location
Media:
?SE ACCIDENTA HELICÓPTERO ? EN SIERRA DE #ARTEAGA CON 8 BRIGADISTAS
— Carlos Hidalgo (@CarlosHidalgoo) April 29, 2025
La Secretaría de Gobierno del Estado de #Coahuila, a través de la Subsecretaría de Protección Civil, informó que la mañana de este martes se registró el aterrizaje forzoso de un helicóptero tipo Bell en la… pic.twitter.com/KJvcfQuu79
Evacuación exitosa: helicóptero Bell aterriza de emergencia en La Roja, Arteaga; ocho brigadistas con lesiones leves y fuera de peligro. #CoahuilaSegura #FronterizaNews #LaRojaArteaga #ProtecciónCivil #IncendioForestal #Brigadistas #SeguridadAéreahttps://t.co/gjYuCbcanq
— Fronteriza News (@FronterizaNewss) April 30, 2025
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Apr-2025 20:53 | gerard57 | Added |
| 30-Apr-2025 05:09 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 30-Apr-2025 05:11 | ASN | Updated [Total occupants, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Apr-2025 06:40 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Phase, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Apr-2025 06:46 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 30-Apr-2025 06:47 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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