Nueve militares muertos tras estrellarse helicóptero al norte de Colombia

nueve militares muertos tras estrellarse helicóptero al norte de colombia

Agencia Efe

Al menos nueve personas murieron este lunes en el accidente de un helicóptero MI-17 del Ejército colombiano en el departamento caribeño de Bolívar (norte), informaron fuentes oficiales.

“Lamento la muerte de los nueve integrantes del vuelo del helicóptero del ejército que se precipitó a tierra y que estaba abasteciendo de tropas el sur de Bolívar en las operaciones contra el Clan del Golfo”, afirmó el presidente colombiano, Gustavo Petro, en la red social X.

De acuerdo a algunas autoridades locales, durante una operación de reabastecimiento se perdió la comunicación con la nave. Al no regresar a la base, se desplegaron procedimientos de búsqueda y rescate, consignó Infobae Colombia.

Junto con lo anterior, se presume que el accidente se habría producido por una falla mecánica que afectó a la nave en pleno vuelo, pero aún no hay nada confirmado de manera oficial.

Las víctimas fueron identificadas como el coronel Jesús David Carvajal; el mayor Edward Andrey Espinosa; los sargentos Diego Ramírez y Michael Villanueva; los cabos Cristian Ordóñez y Jhon Olea y los soldados Sman Sanabria, Jesús Montalvo y Yeisson Mendoza.

Accidentes anteriores

En febrero pasado, un helicóptero de la Policía fue hallado accidentado con sus cuatro tripulantes fallecidos en el departamento de Antioquia (noroeste).

La tripulación estaba compuesta por el mayor Juan Carlos Morales (piloto), el capitán César Andrés Rodríguez (copiloto) y los subintendentes Rafael Antonio González (técnico) y Feder Alejandro Celis, quienes según la Policía fallecieron en el accidente.

Según afirmó entonces el director de la Policía, general William René Salamanca, el Black Hawk había partido de Caucasia, con destino a Tuluá, pero desapareció cuando sobrevolaba el municipio antioqueño de Caramanta.

El pasado 5 de febrero, otro helicóptero Black Hawk, pero del Ejército colombiano, se estrelló cuando volaba cerca de la frontera con Panamá, accidente en el que murieron cuatro militares y tres más quedaron heridos.

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