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rotornut
17th Feb 2018, 07:16
https://www.rt.com/news/419075-mexico-minister-helicopter-crash/
Gordy
17th Feb 2018, 16:21
13 killed actually:
here (https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/17/americas/mexico-helicopter-crash/index.html)
finfly1
17th Feb 2018, 17:19
And neither source bothered to report the type of helicopter.
9Aplus
17th Feb 2018, 17:23
Looks like older BH type...
Cyclic Hotline
17th Feb 2018, 17:40
Blackhawk.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5403673/13-killed-helicopter-crash-Mexico-earthquake.html
wrench1
17th Feb 2018, 17:40
And neither source bothered to report the type of helicopter.
S-70/Blackhawk
Mexico earthquake: Helicopter crashes in emergency killing 13 - BBC News (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43098891)
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JohnDixson
17th Feb 2018, 22:03
The WSJ has this from a local reporter:
The moment the helicopter touched down it lost control, it slid—like it skidded—and it hit some vehicles that were stationed in the area,” he told a Mexican television news program. “In that moment, you couldn’t see anything. Nothing else was heard beside the sound that iron makes when it scrapes the earth.
Based on the rectangular stabilator and the flir on the front, I'd say it was an S70M. Possibly completed at the Hawkworks in NY.
Blackhawk9
18th Feb 2018, 11:06
One of the fairly new (less than 5 years old) UH-60M's of the Mexican Navy.