An officer of the Chilean Air Force died and three others were injured after the helicopter The vehicle they were traveling in had an accident in a remote area in the south of the country, the institution reported on Friday.
The aircraft, a MH-60M Black Hawktook off on Thursday from the airport in Villa O’Higginslocated 1,800 km from Santiago.
It was destined for a refuge in Southern Ice Fieldsan isolated area of continental ice that Chile share with Argentina.
“The aircraft was found with its four occupants inside, three of whom were alive and unfortunately one of them deceased,” the Air Force said in a statement.
On Thursday afternoon the Air Force reported that it had lost contact with the helicopter.
Which is why search operations began in which the Army also participated.
On Friday, “the helicopter that would have been in some degree of damage” was sighted, explained the Minister of Defense, Adriana Delpiano.
Three people were found “bruised” and the pilot of the ship died, he added.
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In addition to the helicopter in Chile…
An explosion that occurred in front of a shopping center, in the north of Guayaquil, Ecuador, left one dead and two injured
Authorities are investigating as a possible car bomb attack.
The detonation, recorded around 6:00 p.m. local time, engulfed a parked truck in flames and caused a dense cloud of smoke visible from several sectors of the city.
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