08/22/2021 18:00
Clarín.com
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Updated 08/22/2021 6:02 PM
The pilot of the LV-CVT aircraft that was heading this Sunday from San Fernando, in Argentina, to the Laguna del Sauce airport, in Punta del Este, Uruguay, came to contact the control tower of his destination.
"Montevideo Control, at the moment we are with bow to yours entering through the 320 ° radial about 20 miles out, instructions for arrival if you are so kind", the pilot is heard in the audio, which was broadcast by the specialized account Aviones in Ezeiza.
Upon request, the person in charge of the control tower, surnamed Curbelo, proceeds to give the technical details to the pilot of the aircraft in flight.
Among other data, it marks the 26th footprint and a wind at 19 knots.
"Notify established", says the airport official to check that the information has arrived correctly.
"Go back in basic to the right and we return established," the pilot answers and reiterates the registration of the aircraft: LV-CVT, in the lexicon that they handle in the air navigation.
Then there was no more contact.
Last communication of the #LVCVT with the control of Montevideo, before losing contact.
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- Planes in Ezeiza (@AvionesenEzeiza) August 22, 2021
The aircraft from Argentina is in a "phase of uncertainty" after taking off this Sunday to the Laguna del Sauce International Airport in Uruguay, according to the Air Force spokesman, Colonel Marcelo Lorenze, to the newspaper El País.
It disappeared from radar and failed to land at its destination.
This afternoon the Air Force's Air Squadron No. 5 (helicopters) began a search and rescue mission.
It is a Piper PA-24 Comanche aircraft, according to FM Gente.
According to what was reported by that station, the primary information indicates that two crew members were traveling on the ship and they would have left San Fernando.
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