scientific facts#38 recent plane crash

Date:	November 10, 2011      Time: 12:15
Location:	Near Kilohana, Molokai, Hawaii
Operator:	Blue Hawaiian Helicopter
AC Type:	Eurocopter EC-130
Reg:	?
Aboard:	5    Fatalities: 5       Ground: 0
Route:	Sightseeing
Details:	The sightseeing helicopter, on a tourist excursion of West Maui and Molokai, slammed into a mountainside and burst into flames while flying in heavy rain and winds.

scientific facts#37 recent plane crash

Date:	November 11, 2011       Time: 08:55
Location:	Near Santa Catarina Atoyzingo, Mexico
Operator:	Fuerza Aerea Mexicana
AC Type:	Aerospatiale AS 332L1 Super Puma
Reg:	XC-UHM      cn: 2127
Aboard:	8   Fatalities: 8        Ground: 0
Route:	Campo Militar Marte, Mexico City - Ciudad de Cuernavaca, Morelos
Details:	The Mexican presidential helicopter crashed into the side of a hill in low clouds, at a height of 2,600 meters.  The helicopter carried the Secretary of the Interior, José Francisco Blake Mora and other government officials.