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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 American broke his tibia and fibula. The injured were taken to National Hospital. The American was identified only as Michael; the others were Juan Carlos Menendez, 40, Andres Turcios, 32, and Octavio Gordillo, 52.

The helicopter was broken in two by the impact. The translation of an unverified newspaper report said that the pilot had been flying low when a bird hit the rotors.

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