Mexico: Should Helicopter Accidents Worry?
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(CNN) --
The Secretary of Security for Aguascalientes, in central Mexico, was one of five people who died in a helicopter crash, according to the state's governor.
"We deeply regret the death of these five men," said the governor of Aguascalientes, Teresa Jiménez, at a press conference Thursday, who extended her condolences to the relatives of the victims.
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Among those killed in the Eagle 1 helicopter accident —belonging to the State Public Security Secretariat— was Porfirio Sánchez Mendoza, Secretary of Security for Aguascalientes.
The helicopter pilot, a captain and two gunners also died, according to Jiménez.
Jiménez said that investigations into the cause of the incident had begun, but added that "everything indicates" that it was an accident and that he would share more details once the investigation is complete.
Jimenez also highlighted the "heroic" actions of the pilot who crash-landed the helicopter on a vacant lot in a populated area.
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Footage of the crash showed the smoking wreckage of the helicopter and police cars around a grassy area.
In 2018, a military helicopter carrying officers surveying earthquake damage crashed in the southeastern Mexican state of Oaxaca, killing more than a dozen people.
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