Crew reported as pilot Osvaldo Perez Feliz and copilot Mario Rivas, neither badly hurt. The helicopter is often used privately by Dominican Republic opposition leader, Miguel Vargas, and was only 1.5 miles out from 1.5 miles from Higüero Airport on a flight to La Romana to pick him up.
- Date
- January 9, 2011
- Reg
- N926MF
- Make
- Bell
- Model
- B427
- MSN
- 56027
- Location
- 1.5 miles from Higuero International Airport
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- CivilMilitary
- Civil
- Link 1
- http://www.elnuevodiario.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=227256
- Link 2
- http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2011/1/10/38222/Opposition-leaders-chopper-crashes-no-fatalities
- Link 3
- http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=es&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.prd.org.do%2Fprensa%2Fnoticias%2Fpilotos-de-vargas-est%25C3%25A1n-golpeados%2C-pero-no-graves-los-trasladan-a-hospital-de-la-fad
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