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| Date: | Monday 20 December 2010 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Eurocopter UH-72A Lakota |
| Owner/operator: | United States National Guard (USNG) |
| Registration: | 08-72069 |
| MSN: | 9237 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2009 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off coast of Rio Grande -
 Puerto Rico
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | San Juan |
| Vieques |
Authorities on Sunday 23 January 2011 recovered the last remains of six people killed when a Puerto Rico National Guard helicopter plummeted into the ocean en route to a drug raid last month.
Sources:
1. http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/national-guard-chopper-crashes-in-puerto-rico-1.888133
2. http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/12/21/puerto.rico.helicopter.crash/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Dec-2010 08:32 | gerard57 | Added |
| 21-Dec-2010 10:44 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Dec-2010 10:45 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 21-Dec-2010 14:36 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, ] |
| 22-Dec-2010 09:10 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Dec-2010 09:45 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Dec-2010 15:07 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Cn, ] |
| 31-Dec-2010 06:55 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Jan-2011 11:12 | gerard57 | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Mar-2011 14:42 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Nov-2012 10:14 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Oct-2016 17:35 | TB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Oct-2016 20:00 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
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