Helicusco | George Hatcher's Air Flight Disaster https://airflightdisaster.com Aviation News, Headlines & Alerts Sat, 16 Jun 2012 20:44:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Helicusco Victims Recovered, Koreans Returning Home Sunday https://airflightdisaster.com/helicusco-victims-recovered-koreans-returning-home-sunday/ Sat, 16 Jun 2012 20:44:19 +0000 http://airflightdisaster.com/?p=20902 What: HeliCusco Sikorsky S-58ET en route from Mazuco to Cusco Where: Hualla Hualla Peru When: June 6 2012 Who: 14 aboard Why: The helicopter carrying two Peruvian crew members and 12 passengers (mostly Korean) is confirmed to have crashed in Hualla Hualla in the Cusco region in southern Peru on Mama Rosa mountain. The flight...

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What: HeliCusco Sikorsky S-58ET en route from Mazuco to Cusco
Where: Hualla Hualla Peru
When: June 6 2012
Who: 14 aboard
Why: The helicopter carrying two Peruvian crew members and 12 passengers (mostly Korean) is confirmed to have crashed in Hualla Hualla in the Cusco region in southern Peru on Mama Rosa mountain. The flight had gone missing on June 6 in a high Andes region of cloudy mountaintops. Difficulty retrieving the remains of eight Koreans, a Dutchman, a Swede, a Czech and three Peruvians, is due to the crash elevation of nearly 5,000 meters (16,393 feet). Between the elevation, weather and terrain, an air approach is impossible, and recovery crews had to approach by land. The consuls of Korea and Austria were in Cuzco to find out about the search for their fallen countrymen.

The recovery operation was suspended Saturday afternoon because of bad weather.

In addition to the police patrol, the parties of the High Mountain Unit included at least eight agents, a team of medical examiners and assistant prosecutors.

One of the videos below includes footage of locals hand carrying the remains down the mountain.

The eight Koreans who lost their lives in the accident will be returned to Korea on Sunday.

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]]> HeliCusco Sikorsky Missing in Andes, 14 aboard https://airflightdisaster.com/helicusco-sikorsky-missing-in-andes-14-aboard/ Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:14:32 +0000 http://airflightdisaster.com/?p=20818 What: HeliCusco Sikorsky S-58ET en route from Mazuco to Cusco Where: Hualla Hualla Peru When: June 6 2012 Who: 14 aboard Why: Two Peruvian crew members and 12 passengers (mostly Korean) went missing in a high Andes region of cloudy mountaintops in Hualla Hualla. The tourists included two Austrians and the rest were South Koreans....

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Where: Hualla Hualla Peru
When: June 6 2012
Who: 14 aboard
Why: Two Peruvian crew members and 12 passengers (mostly Korean) went missing in a high Andes region of cloudy mountaintops in Hualla Hualla. The tourists included two Austrians and the rest were South Koreans. The passenger list was published:

Viajaban Anto Ruiz
Bustapson Benge Anderz
Thois Young Hwan
Dusek Tomas
Kin Hoy Jun
Wuo Sang Bae
Kin Byungdal
Yoo Bongdar
Kupper Erick
Jeon Hyo Geon
Leen Hyung Suk
Rim Hee Wook
Alfredo Soberón (Pilot)
Luis Echegoyen (Copilot)

With snow at 4700 meters, search was impeded but was restarted friday morning. Rescue services are searching for the wreckage. The beacon has not been located. Searchers are still hoping the crew made a successful emergency landing.

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