ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 86941
Last updated: 6 January 2021
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| Date: | 21-APR-2002 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell 212 |
| Owner/operator: | Continental Helicopters |
| Registration: | C-GOKW |
| C/n / msn: | 30855 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | vicinity of Cali -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | |
| Bolivia |
Continental Helicopters Bell 212 C-GOKW was in transit to Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Contact was lost when it was en route to Pasto (on the border between Colombia and Ecuador). The last known position of the aircraft was over Popayan, 50 NM south of Cali, Colombia. A search was initiated, but the helicopter was reported missing in a guerrilla-held area. Ecuadoran authorities did not respond to a request from Colombia to confirm whether the aircraft had landed in Ecuador. The civil aviation communications system in Colombia found no sign of the helicopter.
Safe precautionary landing was made due to bad weather; crew captured by FARC and held for 103 days; flown out undamaged 30 July 2002 by crew after demanded a ransom**
Sources:
CADORS 2002Q0410
Air International November 2002, p301 **
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sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Dec-2010 12:02 | slowkid | Added |
| 09-Oct-2018 18:27 | TB | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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