translated from Spanish: FACH plane crash left three injured and 13 injured according to ONEMI

The Metropolitan National Emergency Office, Onemi, recapitulated that the downing of a Chilean Air Force aircraft, FACH, in the commune of El Bosque left three people injured, including the pilot, in addition to 13 injured and six departments cough with major damage. The wounded pilot, who was successfully rushed, is Captain Cristóbal Contreras, a member of the high-gun “Hawks” stunt squadron, who suffered a nasal fracture and polycontusions, and since yesterday he has been admitted to the Force Clinical Hospital In addition, a firefighter volunteer who was transferred to the Institute of Occupational Safety (IST) and a person who suffered burns was injured, so he was transferred to El Pino Hospital. At the site, experts were carried out by staff of the Carabineros Crime Laboratory (Labocar), in proceedings led by the Aviation Prosecutor’s Office, which opened an investigation to investigate the causes of the accident. For its part, the FACH regretted the affectation of people, property damage and problems caused to neighbours and announced its commitment to address as soon as possible the inconveniences generated, with the aim of enabling victims to return to the Normal. It should be remembered that the plane crash occurred at approximately 13:25 hours, while a training flight was taking place at the airbase The Bosque.La aircraft hooded onto a condominium of buildings located at the intersection of Alejandro Guzmán and San Alberto Hurtado and miraculously fell on the courtyard of a first-floor apartment, which was completely destroyed.

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