Date:	Tuesday 14 September 2010
Time:	06:30
Type:	Agusta-Bell AB 212ASW
Owner/operator:	Armada República Bolivariana de Venezuela
Registration:	ARBV-0302
MSN:	5164
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	off Playa Valdez, Margarita Island -   Venezuela
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
A Venezuelan military helicopter crashed into the bow of a navy oceanographic research boat and plunged into the sea, leaving two missing and five injured, an official said.
Venezuelan Interior and Justice Minister Tarek El Aissami said that the crash occurred at 6:30 a.m. local time (1100 GMT) on Tuesday, when the helicopter and the vessel were performing maneuvers to rescue 22 castaways who have been found adrift at sea since Saturday.
There were at least seven people aboard the helicopter, the pilot was rescued alive, however the co-pilot and the machine chief died, he said.

https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/09/14/ap/latinamerica/main6864778.shtmlutm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CBSNewsPCAnswer+(PC+Answer%3A+CBSNews.com)
http://www.notiactual.com/extraoficialmente-se-cayo-al-mar-helicoptero-de-la-armada-venezolana/
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90777/90852/7140532.html
https://www.helis.com/database/org/Venezuelan-Navy/

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
14-Sep-2010 13:44	gerard57	Added
14-Sep-2010 14:07	harro	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Source, Narrative]
15-Sep-2010 04:59	gerard57	Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative]
15-Sep-2010 07:40	danzas	Updated [Operator]
15-Sep-2010 16:21	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Damage]