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| Date: | Wednesday 24 January 2007 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale SA 342L Gazelle |
| Owner/operator: | Aviación del Ejército Ecuatoriana |
| Registration: | E-360 |
| MSN: | 1885 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Manta -
 Ecuador
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Quito |
| Guayaquil |
Mid-air collison with E-343, killed Defense Minister Guadalupe Larriva (50) and her daughter Claudia Avila (17). Helicopters were performing a night flight test "and in a bad maneuver it appears that the blades collided and the helicopters fell to the ground."
Pilot Celso Acosta and Coronel Marco Jurado were among the five killed.
Sources:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,246618,00.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Sep-2011 05:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Mar-2013 16:12 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Mar-2013 16:14 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 12-Nov-2016 21:26 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
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