![]() A Eurocopter AS350B3 Écureuil similar to the two involved | |
Accident | |
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Date | 9 March 2015 |
Summary | Mid-air collision |
Site | Villa Castelli, La Rioja Province, Argentina 29°01′05″S 68°13′37″W / 29.01806°S 68.22694°W |
Total fatalities | 10 |
Total survivors | 0 |
First aircraft | |
Type | Eurocopter AS350B3 Écureuil |
Registration | LQ-CGK |
Occupants | 5 |
Passengers | 4 |
Crew | 1 |
Fatalities | 5 |
Survivors | 0 |
Second aircraft | |
Type | Eurocopter AS350B3 Écureuil |
Registration | LQ-FJQ |
Occupants | 5 |
Passengers | 4 |
Crew | 1 |
Fatalities | 5 |
Survivors | 0 |
On 9 March 2015, two Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil helicopters collided mid-air near Villa Castelli, Argentina, killing all ten people on board both aircraft.
The helicopters had just departed together from the same spot and collided during the initial climb-out. They were transporting production staff and guests for the French reality TV series Dropped, and among the victims were French sailor Florence Arthaud, swimmer Camille Muffat and boxer Alexis Vastine.