The wrecked plane belongs to the Air Services Base Business Unit of the province of Sancti Spíritus.
Lima, Peru – A plane that carried out fumigation against pests suffered an accident in the northern Cayería de Ciego de Ávila, very close to the Colonial Hotel.
The news transcended on social networks and was confirmed By the official press of the Cuban regime. According to the first information, the pilot managed to save his life after presenting an engine failure and direct the aircraft to shallow waters, where he made an emergency landing as controlled as possible.
Authorities of the province are in the place investigating what happened. The plane belongs to the EU of air services in the province of Sancti Spíritus.
Shared images on Facebook show the starry aircraft, very close to the coastline.
The last plane crash of this type on the island occurred in June 2024 when another agricultural plane collapsed at 9:00 in the morning “during the realization of flights in the interest of the crops of the rice company in the south of the jíbaro”, reported Then in his Facebook profile the Minister of Transportation of Cuba, Eduardo Rodríguez Dávila.
The official said that the “small M-18 plane” pilot, belonging to the National Air Services Company (Ensa), had only suffered “minor damage” and was “safe”.
Likewise, Rodríguez Dávila said that “the accident occurred south of the town of Peralejo in the municipality of La Sierpe” and that “a commission of the Civil Aeronautics Institute of Cuba investigates the causes of this accident.”
Previously, on April 11, 2024 another accident that involved a helicopter It happened while the aircraft “fulfilled mission in the interest of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR)” and rushed to land at the “Antonio Maceo Grajales” International Airport in Santiago de Cuba.
Because of the accident, the three helicopter crew members died, identified by the FAR as Major Dairon González Espinosa, first Lieutenant Carlos Enrique Frometa Rodríguez and Lieutenant Yunier Céspedes Escalona.
