Mexican helicopter crash kills 13 earthquake survivors

Thirteen people died and fifteen others suffered injuries when a military helicopter carrying Mexican officials crashed as it tried to land in a vacant field in southern Mexico. The officials, Mexican Interior Secretary Alfonso Navarrete and Oaxaca Gov. Alejandro Murat, were surveying damage from a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that rocked the region Friday. As their pilot tried to land, the Blackhawk helicopter slid into a group of locals gathered in a field out of fear aftershocks would cause their houses to collapse. No one aboard the helicopter suffered serious injuries. Mexican officials reported no major damage and no loss of life from the earthquake.