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Incident summary – Crashed from low level during take-off and ended up on its starboard side within the police compound.  Press statement said it was a mechanical issue.  Pilot named as Víctor Ojeda Esqueda and passengers were Secretary of Public Security Jesús Pinto Ortiz and director of the State Preventive Police, Víctor Manuel Bosques.   All three to hospital.  Helicopter presumed destroyed

This accident is reported in our Safety pages at 16-May-12 XA-UKL Bell 206B Jerez, Mexico