Argentina: Five people die when a plane they had stolen crashes

Five people who stole an aircraft from a hangar in the province Argentina of chaco died this Wednesday when the device crashed and caught fire, in which a weapon, money in Guaraníes and a cap from the Paraguayan club Cerro Porteño were found.

The Cessna 206 plane went down shortly after takeoff, 7 km from Villa Angelathe third city of chaconortheast of Argentina and bordering Paraguay.

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“If it fell in the city it would be a tragedy”, warned the local press the prosecutor Sergio Riosin charge of the investigation.

A 9mm caliber pistol, money in Paraguayan currency and a Cerro Porteño cap were found at the scene, which makes investigators assume that the criminals could have that nationality.

“We have already communicated with the Civil Aviation Accident Investigation Board (JIAAC) and we have made a receipt of the scene, except for the extraction of the bodies”, the prosecutor clarified to Radio LT7 de Chaco.

The official warned that the identification of the bodies will be difficult because the plane caught fire when it fell.

The crew “They are not from here and I still cannot say why we are convinced that they are foreigners or foreigners, in any case it will be very difficult to identify each one because the bodies were completely burned”, added the prosecutor.

Two field workers saw the plane lose altitude, fall to the ground and catch fire, so they notified the police, reported the Norte de Chaco newspaper.

“They explained to me that the plane has a hidden locking system, and when they took off they forgot to open that “tap” and they ran out of gasoline, not everyone knows where that fuel passage is“, the prosecutor specified.

The Cessna 206 single-engine plane, with five seats, which was stolen from the hangar early Wednesday morning, belonged to a local agribusiness businessman who had recently bought it. The prosecutor estimated its cost at $1.55 million.

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A satellite phone was also found in the device, which according to the prosecutor “It is an element that allows us to think of a certain organization”.

He said the bandhad very important logistics”, since they managed to evade a series of alarms “highly sophisticated” to steal the aircraft.

Another similar robbery had occurred on December 25, 2022, in the middle of Christmas, when five people took an aircraft from a Resistencia flying club, the capital of Chaco, and then landed in Bolivia, the Chaco press recalled.

Source: Elcomercio

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