Three dead in Peru helicopter crash
October 5th, 2009 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANSLima, Oct 5 (EFE) Three people were killed when a helicopter crashed in Peru’s southern province of La Convencion, a media report said.
On board the chopper were pilot Luis Miguel Gonzales Aguilar, mechanic Sandro Tello Rios and the manager of the air company, Reynaldo Espinosa Fonseca, Radio Programas del Peru said Sunday.
Emergency rescue personnel located the crash site Saturday and found the bodies of the three men in the wreckage. The aircraft had been reported missing last Thursday, the El Comercio newspaper reported on its website.
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