Columbia Loses Chinook, Crew in Peru
Columbia Helicopters lost one Boeing Vertol 234 from its fleet of 12 last month in Peru.
Columbia Helicopters lost one Boeing Vertol 234 from its fleet of 12 last month in Peru.

Oregon-based Columbia Helicopters lost one of its Boeing-Vertol 234 tandem-rotor, heavy-lift helicopters–the civil version of the Chinook–in Peru last month. The helicopter (N241CH) crashed on January 7, shortly after takeoff from FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport, Pucallpa, Peru, en route to Tarapoto, Peru. All seven people aboard the aircraft, including five Americans, were killed. The helicopter was contracted to Talisman Energy of Canada and was headed for a drilling site 180 miles away carrying a sling load of drilling equipment. Columbia has operated in Peru for more than 20 years.

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