The fighting helicopter of the Ecuadorian Air Force was gone on Wednesday in the south of the country near border about Peru, reported on Thursday Ministry Republic defenses Ecuador, transfers " RIA Novosti news agency ".
Near border about Peru, the fighting helicopter of the Ecuadorian Air Force the night before was gone. Touch with the aircraft was lost on November 11 at 18:45 across Moscow. It is known that the Lama helicopter provided performance of tasks of ensuring humanitarian mine clearing on the southern border to Morona-Santiago Province. Onboard a vessel there were two persons — the pilot and his assistant.
to the place of alleged accident sent Now some patrols of ground forces and the Mi-17 helicopter of the Russian production.
the Gone Aerospatiale SA315 Lama helicopter was bought to France in the mid-seventies
of of Aerospatiale Lama — the multi-purpose helicopter, developed in 1968 by the French firm Aérospatiale (now Eurocopter France) according to technical requirements of the Air Force India. The prototype for the first time rose in air on March 17, 1969. By 1996 to France about 1450 Lama helicopters which were put to 31 countries of the world were made. Helicopters are under construction according to the license to India (more than 330 units are made), Romania (more than 200) and Brazil.
by this helicopter set up on June 21, 1972 height record for all categories of helicopters: it rose by 12 442 meters. This officially confirmed record in the history of helicopter engineering remains not beaten and until now.