Four people die when a private medical plane crashes in Argentina | VIDEO

A private medical plane suffered an accident at the city’s airport Argentina of Rio Grande (south of the country) and four people died, including two crew members, a doctor and a nurse, official sources from the town confirmed this Friday to Efe.

The event occurred around 2:36 p.m. local time (5:36 p.m. GMT), when the aircraft, a Learjet Model 35 with license plate LV-BPA, derailed from the only runway of Gobernador Ramón Trejo Noel airport in Rio Grandeaccording to information from the Transportation Safety Board and the municipality’s Civil Defense body.

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Director of Civil Defense Rio GrandeSebastián Águila, assured that the airplanewanting to take off, “derailed to the left” of the runway, traveling about 1,500 meters until crashing into an Argentine Navy building.

“The flight would have arrived in this jurisdiction as a medical flight and began its return to the city of San Fernando (province of Buenos Aires) with the crew, a doctor and a nurse. The airplane It came with speed, from what can be seen, and it did not take off”, Águila asserted in dialogue with the TN news channel.

According to Águila’s account, the airplane departed from San Fernando and made a stopover in Comodoro Rivadavia before landing in Rio Grande to leave behind a minor and his family, who had to travel to Buenos Aires for medical treatment.

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The accident occurred when returning to San Fernando, since the four crew members were from Buenos Aires, Águila confirmed.

In this sense, the track “not affected” for the accident, although aeronautical officials are still assessing whether or not the safety levels are met to restore the airport’s operability.

“The situation is under control. The federal prosecutor was present and very shortly the skills will begin, the removal of the debris and the extraction of the lifeless bodies “affirmed the person in charge of local Civil Defense.

Source: Elcomercio

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