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The Challenge: Two Victims Dead in Argentina Helicopter Crash En Route to MTV Show’s Filming Location

Potrerillos dam
Rescuers work at the site of an accident of a helicopter in the Potrerillos dam in Mendoza, Argentina on December 12, 2015

Two unidentified victims are dead following a helicopter crash in Mendoza, Argentina, on Saturday, December 12. The copter was en route to a filming location for the MTV reality competition series The Challenge.

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MTV tells Luxury Handbag Shopping that those killed in the crash were neither cast nor crew and that the helicopter was subcontracted by MTV and Bunim/Murray Productions. The copter crashed into the water while “en route to a shooting location,” MTV tells Us.

The network adds that the pilot and one passenger on board died in the accident.

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“The thoughts and prayers of all at MTV and Bunim/Murray are with those who lost their lives in this tragedy and their families during this difficult time,” a spokesperson for MTV tells Us in a statement.

The investigation into the crash is ongoing. 

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