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Date: | Tuesday 30 November 1971 |
Time: | |
Type: | Sikorsky S-55C |
Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea de Chile |
Registration: | H-52 |
MSN: | 55-1070 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Antofagasta -
Chile
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | BA Cerro Moreno |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Little or no information is available |
Narrative:Crashed and caught fire. S.Ten Hernán Naranjo Vargas (23) killed. Cabo Aristides Hung Elgueta (23) died 1 DEC. Ten Lorenzo Urbina Rodriguez (25) died 29 DEC. Ten Enrique Soto Robles (22).
Note: H-52 crashed and suffered serious damages four km S of plaza de San Bernardo, 6 June 1958 while participated in the salvation of a crashed Mentor. Ten Nelson Sepúlveda and Sarg 1°Jorge Briones escaped unhurt. (La Nación (Santiago) 7 June 1958, p1)
Sources:
La Nación (Santiago) 1 December 1971, p4/2 December 1971, p8/30 December 1971, p9
Scramble
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