05/06/2020 - 17:03
- Clarín.com
- Society
The operating conditions of the Esquel airport at the time of the landing of the medical plane that crashed this Wednesday leaving two dead are now reasons for investigation and doubt. At the time of trying to touch the ground, visibility on the track did not reach 100 meters . And this did not happen only at the airport: the city center of Esquel, located 18 kilometers away, was also “ covered” by a dense fog .
In addition, Gustavo Latorre, father of the machine's pilot and owner of the company, left more doubts in statements made in the city of the Chubut mountain range: “We don't know what happened, if there was a plane failure or if the weather could have played a trick, "he said.
And he added: "when they left Buenos Aires they took all the precautions, when one goes from airport" A "to one" B "alternative airports are opened, left, right, back or forward in case the destination is closed."
“At the time of the flight plan the weather was optimal, it meant that the visual allowed to operate. But apparently minutes before landing the entire runway was clouded , it was just at the end of the landing, and we don't know anything else that happened ”.
"The runway was clouded all over," said Gustavo Latorre, father of the plane's pilot.
If the runway "clouded over" as Latorre claimed in his statements, the control tower should not have allowed landing . That is why the conversation between the tower and the pilot will be key shortly before the landing that ended in the worst way: the plane lost its way, caught fire with the tragic death toll of two dead and two wounded.
Chubut. Correspondent