Chinook | George Hatcher's Air Flight Disaster https://airflightdisaster.com Aviation News, Headlines & Alerts Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:21:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Helicopter Tragedy in the Amazon https://airflightdisaster.com/helicopter-tragedy-in-the-amazon/ Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:06:52 +0000 http://airflightdisaster.com/?p=23564 Photographer Miguel Cano Alva On January 7, 2013, Chinook helicopter (registration N241CH) Pucallpa-Tarapoto was en route near the Laguna Yarinacocha in Pucallpa Peru when it came down in the Amazon. The helicopter took off at took off at 2:57 pm, taking a load to Tarapoto. According to reports, although the crew tossed the load while...

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Photographer Miguel Cano Alva

On January 7, 2013, Chinook helicopter (registration N241CH) Pucallpa-Tarapoto was en route near the Laguna Yarinacocha in Pucallpa Peru when it came down in the Amazon.

The helicopter took off at took off at 2:57 pm, taking a load to Tarapoto.

According to reports, although the crew tossed the load while airborne, the plane broke up in mid air and caught fire. There were seven people aboard.

There were 2 Peruvians aboard: Joel Castillo and Luis Ramos.

Five Americans: Dan Immel , Ed Córdova, Jaime Pickett, Lee Bradford and Darrel Birkes.

Those aboard were employed by Petrominerales Ltd, a Canadian-based oil exploration firm.

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]]> RAF Chinook Emergency Landing in AZ https://airflightdisaster.com/raf-chinook-emergency-landing-in-az/ Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:31 +0000 http://airflightdisaster.com/?p=20076 What: RAF Boeing Chinook HC2 (CH-47D) en route from Naval Air Facility El Centro Imperial Valley, California Where: Arizona When: April 7 2012 7.30pm BST Who: 7 injured Why: A UK Chinook made an emergency landing “mishap” in Arizona, about fifteen miles from Yuma. Seven aboard the helicopter were examined at El Centro Regional Medical...

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Where: Arizona
When: April 7 2012 7.30pm BST
Who: 7 injured
Why: A UK Chinook made an emergency landing “mishap” in Arizona, about fifteen miles from Yuma.

Seven aboard the helicopter were examined at El Centro Regional Medical Center but were reported as both injured and uninjured. The accident occurred during a training mission. How much damage the helicopter sustained is unknown.

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