Thirteen people were reported dead after a helicopter carrying employees of an oil company crashed in the Peruvian jungle on Sunday, reported local media. The helicopter had been carrying employees of the company Perenco, along with the helicopter's crew, from the city of Iquitos to a site in the Amazon jungle when it went down in a region known as Curaray. No cause was given for the crash.
Army units had reached the crash site and found no survivors. The Mi-8 helicopter was carrying nine passengers and four crew members at the time of the crash, reported Perenco. All were Peruvian citizens.