A helicopter working for an MTV reality show crashed on Saturday and both people on board were killed in Argentina.
According to reports, the helicopter crashed as it flew over the reservoir at Potrerillos de Mendoza dam about 600 miles northwest of Buenos Aires, the security ministry for Mendoza province told reporters.
The actual cause of the helicopter crash is still under investigation. However, MTV issued a statement saying the helicopter was working on The Challenge and was flying to a shooting location when it crashed. MTV said two people were on the helicopter and neither was a cast or show crew member.
It is important to point out that this is the second helicopter accident this year in Argentina. Earlier this year, two helicopters working on the TV show Dropped collided while filming over northwestern Argentina and all 10 people on board died in the plane crash. Among the dead were three French athletes.
But, this is the third plane crash in South America this year. Tom Cruise’s new movie Mena was filming in Columbia when the plane crashed into a mountain. The crash, which is beleived to have been caused by poor visibility, took the lives of veteran Hollywood stunt pilot Alan D. Purwin and Venezuelan pilot Carlos Brel. A third pilot Jimmy Lee Garland survived the crash with serious injuries all over his body.
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