Technicians from the Air Force, Dominican Civil Aviation Institute and the Civil Aviation Board (JAC) are investigating the causes of the crash of a military plan in the border area, resulting in the death of the pilot and serious injury to the co-pilot. The JAC team traveled to Elias Piña together with a high level military commission to investigate the scene of the crash.
The Air Force plane, number1803 had completed a mission at the border when it crashed in an an avocado farm in the Calimete hills. The Air Force has said the Enaer T- 35 Pillan had received routine maintenance checks.
The pilot, First Lieutenant Kelvin Villanueva Garay died and the co-pilot, Ángel Amauri Félix Victorino, is in the Ramón de Lara hospital being treated for his injuries.
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7 August 2018
