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Revision as of 22:49, 10 September 2024
 An Bell UH-1H similar to the crashed. | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | September 9, 2024 |
| Summary | Crashed in poor weather, under investigation |
| Site | Pasaquina, El Salvador |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Bell UH-1H |
| Operator | Salvadoran Air Force |
| Flight origin | Choluteca, Honduras |
| Destination | San Salvador, El Salvador |
| Occupants | 9 |
| Passengers | 2 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 9 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On 9 September 2024, a Bell UH-1H aircraft operated by the Salvadoran Air Force that was flying from Choluteca to San Salvador crashed in the Pasaquina municipality in La Union, El Salvador. The crash killed all 9 people onboard, including the Salvadoran Police chief Mauricio Arriaza Chicas.[1]
Background
Aircraft
The Aircraft was an Bell UH-1 Iroquois, operated for the Salvadoran Air Force, that was flying from Choluteca to San Salvador. [2]
Passengers and crew
The aircraft was transporting the police chief Mauricio Arriaza Chicas[3], along with it there was Manuel Coto, which it was captured on that same day in the Honduran-Nicaragua border accused of corruption.[4] There was also 4 policemen, 3 militants, and 1 news reporter.[5]
Accident
The aircraft departed around 20:00, from Cholulteca, Honduras.[6] Witnesses reported that the aircraft started to fly in a unstable condition, and that there was no hope anyone would survive until it finally crashed in the Pasaquina region, just some minutes after takeoff.[7]
Aftermath
Immediately, the witnesses of the crash praised the pilot, for trying to save the aircraft.[8] The only part of the aircraft that was left intact was the Empennage.[9] Hours later the Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele, declared 3 days of mourning.[10]
See also
References
- ^ Infobae, Por Newsroom (2024-09-09). "Claves del accidente aéreo en el que falleció el director de la Policía de El Salvador". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-10.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ Avelar, Bryan (2024-09-09). "Muere el director de la Policía de El Salvador en un accidente aéreo". El País América (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ "Estas son las nueve víctimas del accidente aéreo en Pasaquina, La Unión". Noticias de El Salvador - Noticias de El Salvador, noticias internacionales, salvadoreños por el mundo, economia, negocios, politica, deportes, entretenimiento, tecnologia, turismo, tendencias, fotos, videos, redes sociales (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ cronologia/-/meta/javier-flores. "Honduras lo entregó a El Salvador y minutos después murió en accidente aéreo". www.laprensa.hn (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ "Estas son las nueve víctimas del accidente aéreo en Pasaquina, La Unión". Noticias de El Salvador - Noticias de El Salvador, noticias internacionales, salvadoreños por el mundo, economia, negocios, politica, deportes, entretenimiento, tecnologia, turismo, tendencias, fotos, videos, redes sociales (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ Avelar, Bryan (2024-09-09). "Muere el director de la Policía de El Salvador en un accidente aéreo". El País América (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ cronologia/-/meta/redaccion. ""Ese muchacho luchó para no caer": Testigo habla sobre piloto del accidente en El Salvador". www.elheraldo.hn (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ cronologia/-/meta/redaccion. ""Ese muchacho luchó para no caer": Testigo habla sobre piloto del accidente en El Salvador". www.elheraldo.hn (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ cronologia/-/meta/redaccion. "Video: Así encontraron el helicóptero que trasladaba a Mauricio Arriaza y tripulantes". www.elheraldo.hn (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ https://www.latribuna.hn/2024/09/09/bukele-declara-tres-dias-de-duelo-por-las-victimas-del-accidente-aereo-en-el-salvador/
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