Missing helicopter found with no survivors

(newsroompanama.com)  A missing helicopter that took off from Panama on Saturday (Nov 13) has been found on a Colombian mountain. All four people on board were dead.

There were three Mexican passengers and a Colombian pilot.

Troops from a mountain battalion of the Colombian army found the aircraft that went off the radar before arriving at its destination.

The aircraft, a Bell 412,  was traveling from Panama to Peru, and disappeared about 20 miles west of the city of Tulua, in El Valle del Cauca.

Bad weather knocked out air searches and troops arrived at the scene by land. in a mountainous jungle area with difficult road access.

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Original Source: Newsroompanama.com

Date Retrieved: November 16, 2010.