Video shows Colombian Army Black Hawk helicopter exploding after landing in a minefield

July 15, 2015 David Cenciotti Aviation Safety / Air Crashes, Helicopters

Warning: Graphic video shows Black Hawk helicopter exploding.

On Jun. 22, a Colombian Army Black Hawk helicopter exploded in a rural area of Teorama municipality.

Out of the 15 soldiers on board the UH-60L chopper, four were killed and six wounded after the Black Hawk landed in a minefield reportedly laid by FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) group.

According to the information released by local media the helicopter belonged to the Army’s 33rd Mobile Brigade.

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David Cenciotti is a freelance journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written four books.