7 hours agoMinister's helicopter crash kills 13 people
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)A military helicopter carrying senior Mexican officials has collapsed during an assessment given to the country by a powerful earthquake that had hit it, killing at least 13 people on the ground, authorities reportedly. 12 people died after the pilot had lost control before settling in the southern state of [...]
12 people died after the pilot lost control before being deployed to the southern state of Oaxaca.
Among the dead were three children, since 15 others were injured, reports “Alzeera”, the Periscope broadcast.
The victims had been waiting on the ground to welcome Interior Minister Alfonso Narrette Prida and Oaxaca Governor Alejandro Murat, who survived the accident, as did the crew.
Officials had gone out to observe locations where the quake affected 7.2 Magnitudes that hit about 10km southeast of Pinotep Nacional in Oaxaca on Friday.
The helicopter reportedly crashed in the southwestern town of Pinothepa de Don Luis, 37km from the epicentre, according to the US Geological Study./Periscopi/
