Mexico’s navy says a military helicopter on a mission fighting forest fires has crashed, causing non-life threatening injuries to the five marines on board
MEXICO CITY — A Mexican military helicopter on a mission fighting forest fires crashed Tuesday, causing non-life threatening injuries to the five marines on board, Mexico’s navy said.
The accident occurred shortly after the Russian-built Mi-17 helcicopter took off from a landing strip in the Pacific coast city of Mazatlan.
The navy said the injured marines were being treated at a navy hospital.
Video posted on social media showed the craft hovering and then losing stability, spinning on its axis and plunging into a field.