Helicopter crash kills seven in Peru

Crash: Chinook helicopter ditches in Peruvian jungle

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Luke Johnson

 08 January 2013 20:16 GMT

A helicopter crash in the Amazon jungle of Peru killed all seven people on board while transporting equipment for an oil exploration company, the aircraft's owner said.

Columbia Helicopters, which is based in the US but has offices in Peru and Papua New Guinea, confirmed that one of its Model 234 Chinooks crashed on Monday minutes after takeoff from Pucallpa, about 485 miles (780 kilometres) east of Lima, on a flight to Tarapoto in northern Peru.

The heavy-lift helicopter was doing a "ferry flight" for Canada's Talisman Energy at the time, transporting "various types of rigging equipment" in a cargo skid below the aircraft, Todd Petersen, vice president of marketing for Columbia, told Upstream.

He said the chopper, which…

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