First Lieutenant Kelvin Villanueva Garay was declared dead when his T-35 Pillan plane crashed on Saturday in Elias Pina, on the border with Haiti. He was flying with second lieutenant Ángel Amauri Félix Victoriano, who served as co-pilot. They were patrolling the border with Haiti. Félix Victoriano was injured and was taken to the Hospital Ramón de Lara in San Isidro Air Force Base.
The Ministry of Defense said the accident occurred around 10am. A commission is investigating the cause of the accident. A preliminary report from the Ministry says the accident occurred due to the sudden stop of the propellers and collapse of the landing gear on the left side.
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El Dia
6 August 2018
