The pilot of the helicopter that fell on the tennis courts of Manuel Belgrano Park (formerly KDT) on Thursday, in the Palermo neighborhood of Buenos Aires, has been charged in the last few hours while investigations continue to determine the causes of the accident. The plane remained in the same place from the moment of collision and will remain there until all technical procedures are completed.
According to the Northern Reporting Unit, the pilot, identified as Maximiliano Lombroni, 46, was charged with the crime of negligent injury, after several people were injured after the helicopter crashed.
The accused remains in Fernandez Hospital, where he is recovering from multiple different traumas. At that health center, an alcohol test was also conducted, the result of which has not yet been announced.
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Regarding the investigations into the accident, which did not result in fatalities, procedures are being carried out by the National Civil Aviation Administration (ANAC) and the Safety Board of the Ministry of Transport, organizations that work to determine precisely the cause of the fall and whether there were human, technical or maintenance failures.
In this sense, the area will remain partially restricted until expert analyzes are completed and justice is issued.
He falls. As we remember, the incident occurred on Thursday night, when the calm was affected in a public park bordering the Rio de la Plata coast and the neighboring Jorge Newbery Airport. verbatim.
When the users of Manuel Belgrano Park were already leaving for their day of fun, a huge noise changed the routine: specifically, a small Robinson helicopter, model 44, belonging to the Hangar Servicios company, was forced to make an emergency landing in the area of \u200b\u200bthe property’s tennis courts, after suffering a technical malfunction, the source of which has just been investigated.
The pilot and two passengers, a man and a woman, were on board. The three survived the sudden landing impact, but what led to the plane flipping sideways in a field, and the collision resulted in crew members sustaining varying injuries.
Within minutes, they were assisted by SAME and fire personnel, and after their condition stabilized, they were transferred to Fernandez Hospital for examinations.
According to the first information that emerged about the accident, the plane took off at 8:08 pm. From San Fernando Airport and was heading to Jorge Newbery Airport. It entered the city through the Puente Saavedra area, flew over the Belgrano neighborhood, and then took the aerial route that marks Libertador Street towards the center.
While touring the area, a technical malfunction occurred that forced the pilot to make an emergency landing and select the property of Manuel Belgrano Park, also known as the former KDT.
The sudden landing maneuver ended with the helicopter flipping sideways. Although there was no damage to third parties, crew members were injured, although not very seriously.
The city’s emergency service said shortly after: “When we arrived, the residents were conscious and alive. The situation is under control.”
In order to fully carry out the rescue operation, traffic was cut off on a section of Salguero Street.
“At 8:24 p.m., we received an alert about a plane crash and the operation,” said Alberto Crescente, president of SAME. According to this official, the pilot was the last to be rescued: he suffered trauma to his hip and rib cage. The passenger was forced out of the overturned plane, and he also suffered injuries to his ribs, while the woman suffered minor injuries and shocks.
Meanwhile, the first steps of the investigation have begun to determine what happened and why, which is common in any aircraft accident.
Early speculation indicated that the likely explanation for the event was that “as a result of a mechanical malfunction, the pilot made an emergency landing.”
After landing, the rotor tore off, damaging the propeller, destabilizing the plane and causing it to roll over while it was on the ground.
It was reported in the past few hours that the company that owns the device, Hangar Servicio, offers private and executive trips on its website, which include national and international destinations.
Same model as the Pinera accident
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On Thursday night, a Robinson R44 helicopter crashed on the former KDT circuit in the Belgrano neighborhood of Buenos Aires. The strange thing is that this model is the same model in which former Chilean President Sebastian Piñera had an accident and died almost two years ago.
According to Noticias Argentinas, the two planes in the Belgrano incident and the plane in which the former president was killed are the same model. In the case of this Thursday night and awaiting mechanical expertise, the hypothesis of engine damage is being considered, while in the Piñera accident, a reconstruction of the events indicated that the Chilean lost control of his Robinson R44 helicopter.
On February 6, 2024, Piñera attended a lunch at the home of businessman Jose Cox with his sister and a businessman with his son. At the command of his Robinson R44 Raven II helicopter, the former president was returning from the house located in the Eliho sector, in the town of Lago Rancho, when, a few meters from the shore, the plane lost control and hit the surface in the water, falling into the waters of Rancho Lake in the Elihu sector after advancing only a few meters.