2009 Táchira helicopter crash

Helicopter crash in Venezuela 2009 Táchira helicopter crash Accident Tachira in Venezuela.svg Táchira in Venezuela 3 May 2009 Undetermined El Alto de Rubio, Táchira, Venezuela 7 46 N 72 14 W source:plwiki_region:VE_scale:10000_type:event inline,title Mil Mi-17V-5 Bolivarian Army of Venezuela EBV-08114 17 15 2 17 0 The 2009 Táchira helicopter crash was the crash of a Venezuelan Army Mil Mi-17 helicopter on 3 May 2009 in which all 17 occupants were killed. Crash The helicopter crashed at around midday local time (16.30 UTC) near El Alto de Rubio in the north-western state of Táchira in Venezuela. Venezuela army helicopter crashes BBC 3 May 2009 https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8031992.stm 3 May 20092009-05-03 Venezuela military helicopter crash kills 18-Chavez https://www.reuters.com/article/economy/venezuela-military-helicopter-crash-kills-18-chavez-idUSN03335548/ 2025-08-16 Reuters en All seventeen people aboard the aircraft were killed. The dead included one Brigadier-General, two army pilots, thirteen other army personnel and one civilian. Venezuelan authorities initially reported eighteen fatalities but they later reduced the number to seventeen. 2009-05-04 Las autoridades reducen a 17 los militares venezolanos fallecidos en un accidente de helicóptero https://cadenaser.com/ser/2009/05/04/internacional/1241397920_850215.html 2024-04-28 cadena SER es-ES Europa Press Helicopter crash kills 18 soldiers in Venezuela Associated press 3 May 2009 https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iqI1AdcUir9OgRNdBX30Zj2r6rRQD97V0FRG1 3 May 2009June 2024 medicmedicWorld Briefing Los Angeles Times 4 May 2009 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-briefs4-2009may04,0,197916.story 4 May 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090509071845/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-briefs4-2009may04,0,197916.story 9 May 2009 Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, who was a retired army Lieutenant-Colonel, announced the incident in his weekly television broadcast and said "I pay tribute to these soldiers of the homeland, especially Gen Faneite, who was my cadet". The crash occurred just days after Colombian President Álvaro Uribe asked for Venezuelan assistance in eliminating FARC guerillas on the Venezuelan side of the border. It is unknown if the crash is linked to intensified Venezuelan military operations against the guerillas. The United States Department of State's annual assessment of terrorism had also recently criticised Venezuela for failing to police the border and stated that Colombian rebels and paramilitaries "regularly crossed into Venezuelan territory to rest and regroup as well as to extort protection money". References April 2020 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 2009 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Venezuela Category:2009 in Venezuela Category:Táchira Category:May 2009 in South America Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Mil Mi-17 Category:Accidents and incidents involving military helicopters