2024 Pasaquina Bell UH-1 crash

2024 Pasaquina Bell UH-1 crash
A Bell UH-1H similar to the crashed.
Accident
Date8 September 2024 (2024-09-08)
SummaryCrashed in poor weather, under investigation
SitePasaquina, La Unión Department, El Salvador
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBell UH-1H
OperatorSalvadoran Air Force
Flight originCholuteca, Choluteca, Honduras
DestinationSan Salvador, El Salvador
Occupants9
Passengers2
Crew7
Fatalities9
Survivors0

On 8 September 2024, a Bell UH-1H helicopter operated by the Salvadoran Air Force that was flying from Choluteca in Honduras to San Salvador crashed in the Pasaquina municipality of La Unión Department, El Salvador. The crash killed all nine people on board, including Mauricio Arriaza Chicas, the head of the Salvadoran National Civil Police.[1]

  1. ^ "Claves del accidente aéreo en el que falleció el director de la Policía de El Salvador". infobae (in European Spanish). 9 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.