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FACh Helicopter Goes Missing

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Chile's Air Force (FACh) lost contact on Thursday afternoon with an MH-60M Black Hawk helicopter carrying four crew members near the Eduardo García Soto refuge in a remote area of the Southern Ice Fields in the Aysén region.

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The pilot of a model helicopter Black Hawk of the Chilean Air Force (FACh) has died and his three companions have been injured when the aircraft crashed due to causes still unknown during a humanitarian expedition to the South Ice Fields, the largest mass of frozen water on the planet outside Antarctica and the Arctic, as reported by the institution in a statement this Friday.The Captain of Bandada (A) Sergio Hidalgo Leiva , who served as a pilo…

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The Chilean Air Force (FACh) confirmed this Friday the discovery of an MH-60M Black Hawk helicopter that had disappeared during the afternoon of Thursday in the sector of Campos de Hielo Sur, in the region of Aysén, in the heart of Chilean Patagonia, and in which four people were traveling. The armed entity has reported that three people have been found alive, while one has died, who was the pilot of the aircraft. Survivors are out of vital risk…

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The Chilean Air Force (FACH) reported on Thursday, October 16, that it lost contact with an institutional aircraft in the Eduardo García Soto shelter sector, located in Campos de Hielo Sur, in the Aysén Region.According to the official statement, it is an MH-60M Black Hawk helicopter, belonging to the Aviation Group No 9, which took off from the airfield of Villa O’Higgins to Campos de Hielo Sur, carrying on board four crew members.After the los…

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The Chilean Air Force (FACh) provided information regarding the loss of contact with a Black Hawk helicopter...

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The Chilean Air Force officially confirmed the finding of the MH-60M Black-Hawk helicopter whose track was lost on Thursday, October 16, in the sector of Campos de Hielo Sur, belonging to the Aysén region. The aircraft was located with its four crew members on board, three of whom were found alive while the fourth was killed as a result of the accident. The military institution reported the outcome through an official communiqué issued during th…

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CNN Chile broke the news in on Thursday, October 16, 2025.
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