A helicopter of the Colombian Air Force (FAC) crashed this Sunday while carrying out a humanitarian mission in the department of Vichadain the east of the country, causing the death of its eight crew members.
“I regret to report the death of eight members of the @FuerzaAereaCol who were traveling on a humanitarian mission in the department of Vichadahis helicopter crashed to the ground,” he announced on his social media account. X the Colombian president, Gustavo Petro.
Previously the Air Force had reported that he was looking for the helicopter, a Huey II license plate FAC-4441“after losing communication with the crew and who was carrying out an aeromedical evacuation mission” in the area of Cumariboin Vichadabordering department with Venezuela.
“The search and rescue protocols were activated immediately to find the location of the helicopter and its crew in the area,” added the FAC in a statement.
According to local media, the remains of the helicopter were found in the immense savannahs of the Vichadanear the village of Saint Therese of Tuparro.
This is the third accident suffered by a Colombian military helicopter with fatalities this year.
On February 5, a UH-60 Black Hawk of the Army crashed in the area of the Darienon the border with Panamaan accident that left four dead and three injured.
On that occasion the aircraft was transporting cargo for the Cuti Binational Military Base, Unguiain the department of He crashed.
On April 29, nine soldiers were killed when another helicopter, a MI-17 of the Army, crashed in the Caribbean department of Bolívar when he supplied troops in an operation against the criminal gang Gulf Clan. EFE
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