Air accident investigators from France are already at the scene.
Now five French police officers have reportedly been sent to Argentina to help probe Monday’s deadly helicopter crash in the remote and rugged western province of La Rioja during the filming of a reality TV show.
Ten people died when two helicopters collided at low altitude – both Argentinian pilots, five members of the French TV production crew and three French sporting stars.
Like them, skater Philippe Candeloro was taking part in the adventure programme ‘Dropped’ for France’s TF1 channel. On location when the crash happened, he and others are being interviewed.
“We are making ourselves fully available to the authorities, hoping that they will do their work as quickly as possible because our families also want to hug us,” he said.
“Our suffering of course will never be the same as the families of the victims. We must not only think of the three great sports stars we have lost but also the production team a
