Guatemala
Contract Air Cargo Freight Convair Damaged in Guatemala Landing
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Gary Chambers What: IFL Group/Contract Air Cargo Convair CV-440 en route from Miami to Guatemala City Where: Guatemala City When: May 11th 2012 Who: 2 crew Why: The Contract Air Cargo freight flight landing in Guatemala City on Friday had a less than stellar... »
Helicopter crashes into houses in Antigua, 4 Injured
What: Bell 206L helicopter Where: Antigua, Guatemala When: April 15, 2012 Who: Four injured Why: A helicopter flying over Antigua for aerial photography crashed into two houses at 9:30 in the morning. No residents were at home at the time of the crash. Three Guatemalans and one American were injured in the crash. The... »
Small Plane Crashes into Guatamalan Zoo, 3 fatalities, Zookeeper Burned
What: Piper PA-23-250 Aztec for sightseeing tour of city Where: Aurora Zoo, Guatemala City When: April 21, 2012 Who: 3 fatalities Why: The Piper took off from La Aurora International Airport and crashed into the Aurora Zoo beside the Esquilandia playground. The pilot of the aircraft, Alex Quezada, 35, Oscar Calderon, 22, who was... »
Guatamalan Rescue Chopper Crashes after Attempted Rescue
What: Guatemalan air force helicopter Bell UH1H Where: Quebrada Seca, Petén Guatemala When: Feb 28 2012 10 am Who: 10 fatalities Why: After a civilian chopper crashed, the Guatemalan air force helicopter on a regular Tuesday mission went to assist in the rescue but crashed en route. The seven officers and three air force... »
Six Fatalities in Guatemalan Crash
What: Six-seat twin engine plane en route from the La Aurora to Belize bound for the neighboring country of Belize. Where: Guatemala City 200 yards (meters) from the airport When: Thursday 1942 GMT Who: Passengers included four Francisco Marroquin University professors; pilot Hector Ramos, and passengers Rafael Araneda, Claudia Porras of Araneda, Joseph Godoy,... »
3 Spaniards 1 Guatemalan die in Helicopter Crash.
What: Helicopter en route from Guatemala’s northern El Peten Province Where: rainforest in the rural province of Verapaz, some 185 miles (300 kms) northeast of the capital Guatemala City in northern Guatemala When: Thursday Who: Spanish businessman Virgilio Casado was piloting the helicopter along with fellow Spaniards Jose Luis Briz Mateo and Juan Calvo... »























