Colombian Navy Bell 212/412 Crash

A Bell 412EP helicopter of the Colombian Navy crashed into a lake near Malagana in Mahates, Bolivar Department, killing one of the four occupants. The Colombian Navy operates a small rotary-wing force supporting riverine and coastal operations, including counter-narcotics patrols across the marshlands and waterways of the Caribbean coast. The Bell 412 is a four-blade development of the Bell 212 and is widely used across Latin American armed forces for utility and transport work.