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| The
judicial agents
exterminated the remains
of the plane and found the
body of a man, who
apparently was the pilot;
"the body was totally
calcined and has not been
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An apparently illegal flight
ends in crash and pilot death
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By
the A.M. Costa Rica
staff
The flight in which the pilot
died when the plane crashed in Cañas* in
the provice of Guanacaste, had
not been reported to the Civil
Aviation Directorate, according
to director Guillermo Hoppe.
"It's a flight that we could say
is irregular, since it did not
have a flight plan," said Hoppe
Allen Mora, head of the Regional
Office of the Judicial
Investigation Organization in
Cañas, said that on Sunday at
9:30 p.m., the police received a
report to the emergency number
saying a small plane had crashed
near the Sol y Mar farm in the
community of Porozal in Cañas,
Guanacaste.
Several emergency teams,
including police, the Red Cross,
firefighters, the Air
Surveillance Service, and agents
of the Judicial Investigation
Organization arrived at the
scene where they "found the
remains of the plane, Cessna
type totally consumed by fire,"
Mora said.
The judicial agents exterminated
the remains of the plane and
found the body of a man, who
apparently was the pilot; "the
body was totally calcined and
has not been identified," said
Mora.
The forensic agents lifted the
body on Monday and then took it
to the Forensic Medicine
Hospital in San Joaquin of the
province of Heredia*.
Agents of the Judicial
Investigation Organization will
continue with the investigation
of the case to determine the
causes of the accident.
One of the most recent cases of
small plane crash was reported
on A.M. Costa Rica on March 5; a
Cessna type twin-engine plane
crashed shortly after takeoff.
The pilot surnamed Salazar, and
the co-pilot surnamed Castro,
declared an emergency saying
that the plane was losing
altitude rapidly. They requested
immediate assistance.
The Director of Civil Aviation,
Guillermo Hoppe reported: “the
pilots of the small plane
reported that their controls
were not responding shortly
before the crash.”
The plane with TI-AOP plates had
taken off from Tobías Bolaños
airport in Pavas*,
San José at 9:10 a.m. bound for
Quepos in Puntarenas. But “
shortly after takeoff, the pilot
tried to turn to the north,
however, the pilot reported to
the control tower that he was
having a major problem and that
they were falling," said Hoppe.
The plane crashed in an open
area on the edge of the Alfredo
González Flores Bridge*,
in the Ulloa district of the
province of Heredia.
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More
than 20
rescuers from
the Red Cross
and 10
emergency
vehicles
responded to
the crash
site. They
found the
airmen pinned
in the twisted
metal of the
plane.
Guido Vasquez,
Operational
Coordinator of
the Red Cross,
reported
"approximately
20 people from
the Costa
Rican Red
Cross, as well
as the support
of police
officers,
firefighters,
Civil Aviation
officials and
private
companies that
also
collaborated
in the
emergency and
them were able
to find the
people with
life, both
with important
injuries. The
rescuers gave
first aid
attention in
the area."
Conditions at
the crash site
made the
rescue work
difficult. The
area was
sloped with
heavy
vegetation.
Rescuers took
the victims to
the hilltop
where a
helicopter
from the Air
Surveillance
Service
provided
transportation
to local
hospitals.
The Red Cross
monitoring
department
reported that
both pilots
are in stable
condition. "In
the case of
Castro who is
in Hospital
Mexico, he has
a fractured
leg and a
wound at his
eyebrow. In
the case of
Salazar, he
has an exposed
fracture in
one of his
ankles, so he
had surgery in
the Trauma
Hospital. "
Both pilots
Castro and
Salazar were
reported in
good health
conditions one
week after the
accident.
Another plane
crash was
reported in
February, when
the Ministry
of Security
reported
finding a
small plane
which
apparently
crashed into
trees in an
area known as
Coto 47 in Osa*, in the Southern Zone.
According to
the police
report, "a
single-engine
Cessna 210
Centurion
plane was
found after it
apparently
crashed into
trees after a
forced
landing."
The plane was
discovered
when a police
helicopter on
patrol in the
area saw the
small plane.
The pilot
changed his
course after
he was
detected by
the police.
According to
the police
report, "After
searching in
the area where
the small
plane was
seen, the
officials
located it in
a property,
but there was
no trace of
its passengers
or any cargo."
The plane’s
flight plan
had not been
registered
through any
control tower
of any of the
Costa Rican
small local
airports.
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