Helis, January 17, 2018 - TEMUCO, Chile - Attackers used incendiary devices to set fire to Catholic churches and three helicopters ahead of Pope Francis’s visit to the indigenous Mapuche homeland of Araucania.
The helicopters, of the AgustaWestland AW119 Koala type, belongs to FAASA Chile and were under contract by forestry company Forestal Arauco.
The attack occurred during the night at the La Colcha airfield, in the city of Curanilahue, 250 km north of Temuco, where Pope Francis was expected to officiate a mass for 400,000 people the following day.
The helicopters, of the AgustaWestland AW119 Koala type, belongs to FAASA Chile and were under contract by forestry company Forestal Arauco.
The attack occurred during the night at the La Colcha airfield, in the city of Curanilahue, 250 km north of Temuco, where Pope Francis was expected to officiate a mass for 400,000 people the following day.
AW119Ke Koala CC-ACT EC-KZX AW119 Koala EC-LQB ( FAASA Chile )
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FAASA Chile AW119 Koala in
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