The president of the National Institute of Civil Aeronautics (INAC), Juan Texeira, regretted the position taken by “some States” regarding the situation of the hijacking of the Boeing 747 aircraft of the Aerocargo Transport Company (Emtrasur), which remains in Argentina, from June 6.
In an interview to the radio program Vía Alterna, from RNV, Texeira He emphasized that, from the first moment, all the information was sent to the International Civil Aviation Organization.
«It has truly caused an impact on us and I say it with great courage, with great sadness, what a pity that some States lend themselves to this. From the first moment the hijacking of the plane occurred, from the INAC we informed in writing on two occasions the Organization of Aviation International Civil, “he said.
In this sense, he indicated that this unfortunate event put the operational safety of the plane and its entire crew at total risk.
“In the first place, we consider that this event put operational safety at risk on two occasions, the first when the aircraft was denied fuel in Argentina. Since then, many agreements have been violated, the agreement of the Civil Aviation Organization is violated, the air services agreement that Venezuela has with Argentina is violated and operational safety is put at risk because it gave birth to a crew, “he said.
“That crew had no choice but to request a permit from Uruguay to carry out a technical touchdown and refuel, the permit is given and in full flight and as soon as it is entering its airspace, it receives a radio frequency controlled by Uruguay. message indicating that you cannot enter, “he added.
In this regard, he stressed that, with the little fuel that was in the plane, it could have generated some inconvenience.
“He had no choice but to return, he left with 22,000 liters of fuel, that seems like a lot, but in reality it is very little for a 747 plane, he returned to Argentina and landed with 2,000 liters less than what the norm dictates. International, from what the manuals say, which means that if there had been some inconvenience at the Ezeiza airport minutes before, a misguided plane, a fire, or any detail that commonly occurs in airports, our plane would have had to divert to the Alternate airport does not give you the fuel, that is, a catastrophe would have occurred, “he emphasized.
After weeks of illegal retention and without arguments or attribution of crimes, the Argentine justice system decided to accept the order of a US court in Florida to confiscate the plane, violating the sovereignty of Venezuela and Argentina.
Faced with this situation, he denounced that it can be described as a persecution of the United States towards Venezuela.
Behind all that “there is a persecution by the United States towards Venezuela that we all already know.”
“We are not going to bow down with that, nor lower our morale, we will continue and sooner rather than later our plane and our heroes, we will see Emtrasur flying again and helping the countries and we will not only see one but many planes”, he sentenced.
He noted that he recently held a videoconference with the crew, noting that “they are fine and that sooner rather than later they will be with us again.”
“The plane has already been kidnapped with its crew for more than two months, a few weeks ago I was able to make a videoconference with them to convey all the support from Inac that they are not alone and that sooner rather than later they will be with us again,” he stressed. .
