MTV helicopter crash kills two in Argentina
A HELICOPTER being used for filming a reality show for MTV in Argentina has crashed killing the pilot and a technician.
Argentine policemen standing near helicopter crash site
The aircraft was flying to a shooting location for the show The Challenge.
It came down on Saturday at the Poterillos de Mendoza in the west of the country.
The wreckage is 60m deep and it is not known if there are more casualties.
The dam where the helicopter crashed
The reasons for the crash are under investigation
The Argentine newspaper, Clarin, wrote that the accident happened at 8.30am yesterday morning and the reasons for for the crash are under investigation.
It named the victims as Carlos Alberto Zarlenga and Luis Marcelo Barrera,
It also reported that the remains of the aircraft are in the dam.
UFO in Argentina
The crash took place 1,000 km north west of Buenos Aires
This is the second fatal helicopter crash in Argentina this year.
In March, three French athletes were among ten killed when two helicopters crashed in the South America country.
The athletes were sailor Florence Arthaud, Olympian swimmer Camille Muffat and boxer Alexis Vastine.
The helicopters were again involved in the filming of a show, the TV survival show Dropped.
Two people were killed in a helicopter crash