Colombian Black Hawk destroyed by mine

[Ian Corrigible]

Ugly FLIR footage of an incident from last month, when a Colombian Army UH-60 was destroyed shortly after landing. Four of those on board perished, with another six injured.





Colombian army helicopter lands in minefield, 4 dead

I/C

[krypton_john]

Looks more like an IED than a mine based in the size of the explosion.

Drug gangs booby-trapping LZs near their jungle labs?

[OvertHawk]

Agree... looks like it was triggered after they landed-on. Troops already disembarking. Plus - seems like an awfully big bang for a mine. More likely a booby trapped LZ that has been used before and identified for the purpose. Very sad...

[TwinHueyMan]

Not the first time this has happened over there... 4:08 in this video. Pretty amazing shots of the damage after they landed towards the end.



Mike