2018 Puebla helicopter crash

2018 Puebla helicopter crash
	An AgustaWestland AW109S Grand similar to the one involved in the accident
Accident
Date	24 December 2018
Summary	Mechanical failure due to maintenance error.
Site	Coronango, Puebla, Mexico ; 19°6′48.456″N 98°18′12.442″W / 19.11346000°N 98.30345611°W
Aircraft
Aircraft type	AgustaWestland AW109S Grand
Operator	Servicios Aéreos del Altiplano
Registration	XA-BON
Flight origin	Puebla
Destination	Mexico City
Passengers	3
Crew	2
Fatalities	5
Survivors	0

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.

^ ^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.
^ 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.

[NYT-1] 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.

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