What: Prefectura Naval Argentina Schweizer 300C
Where: Cerca Aeropuerto Internacional de San Fernando Argentina
When: Jan 19 2010
Who: 2 on board.
Why: Flying from San Fernando International Airport, Argentina, during a test flight, an Argentinean Cost Guard helicopter fell out of the sky 50 meters from the main runway. The two individuals in the helicopter did not survive.
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