Reuters: 5 Americans dead in Peru chopper crash

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A helicopter carrying seven people crashed in Peru's Amazon jungle and all aboard perished, a judicial official said on Monday. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.By ReutersA helicopter carrying seven people crashed in Peru's Amazon jungle on Monday and all aboard perished, a judicial official said on Monday.

Follow @NBCNewsWorld  Corpac, Peru's air transport agency, said the helicopter was operated by the local unit of U.S.-based Columbia Helicopters. Columbia is known for its tandem-rotor heavy-lift aircraft used in logging and oil exploration work. Columbia's Lima office declined to comment.

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Marco Ochoa, the judicial official, said five U.S. citizens and two Peruvians were on the helicopter and that rescue crews were recovering their bodies.

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