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QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - The military helicopter collision that killed Ecuador's first female defense minister nine days after she took office was caused by "human error," the presidential panel investigating the crash said Friday.
Guadalupe Larriva was killed along with her 17-year-old daughter and five military officers when two helicopters collided during maneuvers at a base near Manta in southern Ecuador on Jan. 24.
Friday's report by a commission of specialists from Ecuador, Chile, Venezuela and France said the helicopter crew was not trained to fly at night.
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