Accident Aérospatiale AS 332L1 Super Puma TPH-06/XC-UHM,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139817
 
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Date:Friday 11 November 2011
Time:08:55 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic AS32 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Aérospatiale AS 332L1 Super Puma
Owner/operator:Fuerza Aérea Mexicana (FAM)
Registration: TPH-06/XC-UHM
MSN: 2127
Year of manufacture:1984
Fatalities:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Santa Catarina Atoyzingo, Chalco -   Mexico
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Campo Militar Marte, Mexico City
Destination airport:Ciudad de Cuernavaca, Morelos
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
A Mexican Presidential helicopter crashed near Santa Catarina Atoyzingo killing all eight on board.
The Aérospatiale AS 332L1 Super Puma helicopter (XC-UHM/TPH-06) departed Campo Militar Marte, Mexico City at 08:45 on a flight to Ciudad de Cuernavaca.
The helicopter carried the Secretary of the Interior, José Francisco Blake Mora, accompanied by Secretary for Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Secretariat itself, Felipe Castro Zamora, Director General of Social Communication, José Alfredo García Medina, the Technical Secretariat Office of the Secretary, Diana Hayton Miriam Sanchez and Rene de Leon Major Sapien, Security Chief Secretary of the Interior. Additionally there were three crew members on board.
The helicopter flew into the side of a hill, Cerro Ayaqueme, at a height of 2600 m asl. The wreckage was found at 11:12. According to the information available at this moment the location of the accident presented layers of clouds at low altitude and reduced visibility.

Sources:

http://www.sct.gob.mx/index.php?id=116&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=7676&cHash=524ce9c622
https://www.informador.mx/Mexico/Sin-sobrevivientes-tras-caida-del-helicoptero-de-Blake-Mora-20111111-0150.html
http://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/808102.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
11-Nov-2011 11:09 robertpilot Added
11-Nov-2011 11:48 robertpilot Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Narrative]
11-Nov-2011 12:19 robertpilot Updated [Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative]
11-Nov-2011 12:26 harro Updated [Aircraft type, Cn]
11-Nov-2011 12:31 harro Updated [Source, Narrative]
12-Nov-2011 05:12 RobertMB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative]
12-Nov-2011 07:06 Anon. Updated [Narrative]
12-Nov-2011 13:30 harro Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
15-Apr-2012 08:25 TB Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source]
06-Jun-2014 13:28 TB Updated [Registration, Operator, Source, Narrative]

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