2015 Colombia helicopter crash
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Date4 August 2015
SummaryPossible shootdown
Site
- Cesar Department, Colombia
AircrafttypeUH-60 Black Hawk
 A UH-60 Black Hawk similar to the helicopter involved in the crash | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 4 August 2015 |
| Summary | Possible shootdown |
| Site |
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| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | UH-60 Black Hawk |
| Occupants | 18 |
| Fatalities | 16 |
| Injuries | 2 |
| Survivors | 2 |
On August 4, 2015, 16 policemen died in a helicopter accident in northwestern Colombia. The Colombian Defense Minister, Luis Carlos Villegas Echeverri, stated that the crash was most likely caused by bad weather.[1][2]
The flight was part of an operation against Clan Úsuga, a criminal organization composed of former right-wing paramilitary group members. Two other helicopters flew on the same mission but did not encounter difficulties and did not hear any hostile fire.[1]