04/26/2024
Eight crew members, including three civilians, traveling in a military helicopter that crashed this Thursday in the Ecuadorian Amazon died in the accident. The army said it was not able to retrieve the bodies due to weather conditions.
“The bodies of the crew and passengers of the MI171E helicopter with registration AEE-485 were found. The accident occurred in the Tivino sector, Pastaza province (east and border with Peru), the army said in a statement.
The accident occurred at approximately 09:36 local time (14:36 GMT) in Tivino sector, when it was carrying officials from the Secretariat of National Risk Management (SNGR).
The helicopter that covered the Shell-Tivino-Tababoro route, Support campaign launched for National Secretariat for Risk Management Delivering food and supplies to flood-affected cities, the army explained.
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he added this “Due to weather conditions, the extraction of 8 bodies will take place tomorrow, Saturday.”
Before the discovery of the bodies, President Daniel Ngoboa expressed condolences on social networks “Soldiers and civil servants suffered a tragic accident
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Earlier, the Risk Management Secretariat had published photos of the helicopter on the same social network, Whose model and registration matches the model and registration described by the Army during the delivery of provisions.
Noted in the portfolio: “On Mi 171 aircraft (…) we delivered humanitarian aid to 159 affected families “Due to the overflowing of the Bobonaza River in Pacayaku community.”
In other photos you can see soldiers and residents unloading aid boxes.
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