What the records say
- When
- 7 Apr 2013
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 1.64° S, 75.03° W
- Description
- Air accident in Peru
- Deaths
- 13
- Injured
- 0
2013 Helicópteros del Pacífico Mil Mi-8 crash
Helicopter crash in Loreto, Peru
On 7 April 2013, a Mil Mi-8 helicopter operated by Helicópteros del Pacífico (Helipac) broke up in flight and crashed en route from Iquitos to a Perenco site near the Curaray River, in the Loreto Region of Peru. All 13 people on board were killed. The occupants, all Peruvian nationals, were nine passengers and four crew. Among the passengers were Perenco workers and other contractors.
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