ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 75219
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| Date: | Friday 18 June 2010 |
| Time: | 22:40 |
| Type: |  Bell 412EP |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea Mexicana (FAM) |
| Registration: | 1208 |
| MSN: | 36510 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2008 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | San Miguel del Alto, DUR -
 Mexico
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Badiraguato, Sinaloa |
| Durango | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Eleven Mexican soldiers have died in the crash of a military helicopter carrying troops for anti-drug missions. Mexico's Defense Department says preliminary evidence suggests the crash was caused by bad weather in the northern state of Durango. It said Saturday the Bell helicopter went down late Friday in a mountainous area of the state. Five officers and six enlisted men were flying out of a base in Badiraguato, a township in neighboring Sinaloa state where fugitive drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is reportedly active.
En un comunicado se detalló que aproximadamente a las 22:40 horas de18 de junio de 2010, en las inmediaciones del poblado San Miguel del Alto, "se accidentó un helicóptero Bell 412, matrícula 1208 perteneciente a la Fuerza Aérea Mexicana, el cual trasladaba personal militar de Badiraguato, Sinaloa a las instalaciones militares de 5 de Mayo, ubicadas en Durango".
Sources:
http://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/688924.html
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5il5Vg9PRNDi1E1RVIFWrZtd5G2dQD9GEL1300]
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jun-2010 00:04 | jorgetadeu7 | Added |
| 12-Apr-2018 21:14 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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