Crashed in mountainous area, killing all 14 on board. Took 48 hours approx to find wreckage, partly due to poor weather conditions and overnight temperatures down to -15C. The helicopter was itself built in 1963 and first delivered to the German Army. Passenger manifest now released :
- From South Korea: Thois Young Hwan, Kin Today Jun, Sang Bae Wuo, Kin Byungdal, Yoo Bongdar, Jeon Hyo Geon, Hyung Suk Leen and Hee Wook Rim.
- From Austria: – Bustapson Anderz Benge, Tomas Dusek, Erick Kupper.
- From Peru: Anto Ruiz.
The crew have been named as Alfredo Soberon and Luis Echegoyen. Later report following court case(s) published here
- Date:
- 6 June, 2012
- Reg:
- OB-1840P
- Make:
- Sikorsky
- Model:
- S58
- MSN:
- 581672
- Location:
- en route Mazuco to Cusco
- Country:
- Peru
- Civil / Military:
- Civil
- Fatalities:
- 14
- Operator:
- Heli-Cusco
- Link:
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18354836
- Link:
- http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.andina.com.pe%2FEspanol%2FNoticia.aspx%3Fid%3DY3ZbMZzjF9Q%3D
- Link:
- http://news.yahoo.com/tourist-helicopter-missing-peru-150320985.html
Accidents, Civil, Fatal, Heli-Cusco, Peru, S58, Safety, Sikorsky