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Chile: 13 victims in the helicopter crash

Santiago, Chile - They were engaged in a fire-estinguishing operation

Thirteen people, the pilot and 12 men of Brigade CELCO, were killed Sunday when a helicopter crashed in a region of South-Central Chile that is grappling with a rash of forest fires, regional authorities said. The helicopter, which belongs to a private forestry company owned by Empresas Copec, crashed in the Maule region about 270 km South of Santiago, the capital. A firefighter who went to the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1099902
Rome, Italy, 02/16/2009 17:33
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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