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2016 Colombia army helicopter crash
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A Mil Mi-17 of the National Army of Colombia was reported missing after taking off from the city of Quibdó on 26 June 2016. The wreckage of the helicopter was found the following day in mountainous terrain in the department of Caldas, 180 km north-west of the capital city Bogotá. It was the third helicopter crash in Colombia in 2016, and with seventeen killed was the worst accident in eleven years for the Colombian military.
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![]() A Mil Mi-17 of the National Army of Colombia. | |
Accident | |
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Date | 26 June 2016 (2016-06-26) |
Summary | Under investigation |
Site | Pensilvania, Caldas, Colombia |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Mil Mi-17 |
Operator | National Army of Colombia |
Registration | EJC-3393 |
Flight origin | Quibdo, Choco, Colombia |
Destination | Tolemaida Air Base, Tolima, Colombia |
Occupants | 17 |
Passengers | 12 |
Crew | 5 |
Fatalities | 17 |
Survivors | 0 |
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