They recovered the remains of the two crew members of the Argentine plane that crashed in Uruguay

08/23/2021 19:00

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Updated 08/23/2021 19:00

Members of the Uruguayan Fire Department

recovered the bodies of the two

Argentine

crew members

who died when the plane in which they were traveling crashed into a hill in the Maldonado department this Sunday.

This was reported this Monday by the Maldonado prosecutor, Sebastián Robles, to the Uruguayan press.

They are 

Kevin Alonso Raggio (27) and Franco Pamboukdjian Acevedo (22)

.

"We were at the scene where the remains of the plane are and the Scientific Police proceeded to record and survey the scene, as well as the firefighters to

extract the bodies,

" said Robles.

The remains of the Argentine plane that crashed in Uruguay.

Robles also said that there is

an ongoing investigation

to determine why the plane, which had left the San Fernando airport on Sunday and was heading to the Laguna del Sauce air terminal in Punta del Este, crashed into a hill at 47 miles from your destination.

The remains of the aircraft were found on Sunday at 5:00 p.m. in the wild

Sierra de las Ánimas area

, in the department of Maldonado;

after contact was lost after noon.

According to local media, which disclosed the pilot's last communication with the control tower of the Carrasco International Airport in Uruguay, the crew member

did not report problems with the aircraft

after entering that country.

After losing communication with the plane last Sunday at noon, the control tower alerted the Uruguayan Air Force, which organized a search and rescue operation that found the remains of the accident about four hours later.

The prosecutor said that

autopsies will

be carried out

on the victims and the corresponding mechanisms will be followed for their repatriation to Argentina.

Alonso Raggio was a flight instructor and commercial pilot;

and Pamboukdjian Acevedo was a commercial pilot.

On Sunday, the Argentine Transportation Safety Board reported that "it became aware of the accident that occurred with the aircraft registration LV-CVT in the Sierras de las Animas" and that "it will designate an accredited representative in order to

participate in the investigation

carried out by the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ".

With information from Télam

DD

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