Three airplane mechanics, brothers Jose Ariel and Jose Rafael Gomez Marte, 28 and 26 years old, and Yensy Mateo Sanchez died when the HI651 Piper Warrior plane they were flying crashed in Estancia Nueva, Punal, in Santiago. Jose Ariel Gomez was the pilot.
The plane had left from the Cibao International Airport in Santiago at 12:15pm. The authorities of the airport and the Dominican Civil Aviation Institute are investigating the crash.
Air Force Colonel Emmanuel Souffront Tamayo, director of the investigatory commission of the Civil Aviation Board said that what is known is that the three mechanics had just completed the maintenance of the airplane and were carrying out an operational review flight, as is required, as reported in Diario Libre.
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