This Wednesday afternoon, the fall of a light single-engine plane was reported at approximately 4:40 p.m. in plot No. 18, Las Tinajas sector in Codigua, Melipilla commune.
According to slogan Third, the pilot is a student who was doing an internship in the sector. After the accident he was left with minor injuries and was transferred to the Melipilla Hospital.
Meanwhile, the Second Company of the Melipilla Fire Department through Twitter, reported that “this afternoon our RX-2 together with H-3 and B-6 worked on a plane with a hood that subsequently caught fire, with an occupant with minor injuries. evaluated by SAMU personnel, in the Las Tinajas sector, Codigua”.
This afternoon our RX-2 along with H-3 and B-6 worked on a small plane with a hood that subsequently caught fire, with an occupant with minor injuries evaluated by SAMU personnel, in the Las Tinajas sector, Codigua. pic.twitter.com/AoL8v4GJUG
— Second Co. from the CB of Melipilla (@2daCiaMelipilla) May 25, 2022
On the other hand, the General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics (DGAC) stated that officials from the institution went to the accident sector to investigate the causes.
Then the colonel Carlos Rojasprefect of the Santiago Costa Prefecture, specified that “Carabineros is constituted in this particular property, as a result of a plane crash suffered by a pilot. For reasons that are being investigated, the pilot loses control of the aircraft and hooded in this sector Fortunately, he manages to get out on his own.”