US EditionFifteen killed after helicopter crashes during Peru flood rescue
- On Monday, the Peruvian Air Force's Mi-17 military helicopter that lost radio contact on Sunday was found wrecked in the Chala district, Arequipa, just over 300 kilometers away.
- Amid torrential rain and flash flooding in Arequipa, the helicopter was deployed to support search-and-rescue operations after mudslides and overflowing rivers caused widespread damage.
- Rescue personnel said the flight manifest included four crew members and 11 passengers, with seven children and a three-year-old among them, while local media reported armed forces personnel travelled with relatives.
- Authorities have launched an investigation after rescue teams found the wreckage on Monday, and Arequipa's regional governor Rohel Sánchez said local officials requested national government assistance due to damaged, uninhabitable homes; the Peruvian Air Force offered condolences to families and the FAP community.
- The aircraft departed Pisco en route to Chala, and rescuers located the Russian-made Mi-17 wreckage just over 300 kilometers away near Chala Viejo on the Pacific coast.
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By Jimena De La Quintana, CNN en Español. Fifteen people, including seven minors, died after a military helicopter crashed in southern Peru, according to a statement released Monday by the Peruvian Air Force (FAP). Search patrols located the MI-17 helicopter after radio contact was lost Sunday afternoon, the institution said. The helicopter was found in the town of Chala Viejo, in the district of Chala, in the province of Caravelí, on the southe…
A 3-year-old child was among the dead in the accident.
Among the victims were seven minors, the youngest being just three years old.
A military helicopter crashed in the Peruvian region of Arequipa on Sunday, killing 15 people, including seven minors, the Peruvian air force said today. Radio contact with the helicopter was lost on Sunday afternoon, and the bodies of the victims were found today after an extensive search operation, the French news agency AFP reported.
On Monday, the Peruvian Air Force (FAP) confirmed the death of all the people on board a helicopter that had gone for rescue work in the Arequipa region, one of the most important in the country, hit in the last weeks by a wave of floods. These are four crew members and eleven passengers, including six teenagers and a three-year-old boy.
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