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March 2011 Accidents
PRELIMINARY REPORT: IN-FLIGHT FIRE DOWNS MEXICAN HELICOPTER Bell 212, Las Choapas, Mexico, Oct.

PRELIMINARY REPORT: IN-FLIGHT FIRE DOWNS MEXICAN HELICOPTER

Bell 212, Las Choapas, Mexico, Oct. 15, 2010–According to witnesses, the twin-turbine helicopter, which was carrying six passengers and two crew, caught fire in flight and crashed as it was nearing its destination of Minatitlan in southeastern Mexico. The Mexican-registered rotorcraft, operated by Heliservicios Campeche, was destroyed in the accident, and all eight people on board were killed.