2018 Puebla helicopter crash

2018 Puebla helicopter crash
Picture of the aircraft
An AgustaWestland AW109S Grand similar to the one involved in the accident
Accident
Date24 December 2018
SummaryMechanical failure due to maintenance error.
SiteCoronango, Puebla, Mexico
19°6′48.456″N 98°18′12.442″W / 19.11346000°N 98.30345611°W / 19.11346000; -98.30345611
Aircraft
Aircraft typeAgustaWestland AW109S Grand
OperatorServicios Aéreos del Altiplano
RegistrationXA-BON
Flight originPuebla
DestinationMexico City
Passengers3
Crew2
Fatalities5
Survivors0

On December 24, 2018, a helicopter carrying Martha Érika Alonso Hidalgo, the newly elected governor of the Mexican state of Puebla, and her husband, senator and former governor Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas, crashed on a hill in Coronango near the city of Puebla.[1][2] All five people on board the helicopter were killed in the crash: Alonso, Moreno, the two pilots, Captain Roberto Coppe Obregón and Captain Marco Antonio Tavera Romero, and an assistant to the senator.[1] Alonso was 10 days into her term as governor at that time of the crash.[1] The accident investigation found a preexisting problem with a stability system on the helicopter.

  1. ^ a b c Mervosh, Sarah; Stevens, Matt (December 24, 2018). "Mexico Helicopter Crash Kills Governor and Her Husband, an Ex-Governor". The New York Times. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
  2. ^ Fariza, Ignacio (December 24, 2018). "Mueren la gobernadora y el exgobernador de Puebla en un accidente de helicóptero" [Governor and ex-governor of Puebla die in helicopter accident]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved December 24, 2018.