Ten people, including three well-known French athletes, are dead after two helicopters crashed Monday while filming a French celebrity-survivor show in northern Argentina. The helicopters collided in mid-air while filming an episode of Dropped in La Rioja, an isolated Andes region, the BBC reported. Among the dead were two Olympic medalists - swimmer Camille Muffat, 25, and boxer Alexis Vastine, 28 - as well as sailing champion Florence Arthaud, 57. Five other French nationals and two Argentine pilots were also killed. Muffat was a triple medal winner at the 2012 Olympics in London, taking home gold (in the 400-meter freestyle), silver and bronze. Vastine...
- 3/10/2015
- by Peter Mikelbank
- PEOPLE.com
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