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01-08-2009, 02:40 PM
The Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC) has fired an inspector and suspended another at the Cibao International Airport in Santiago, for their role in the 15 December disappearance of a plane that left the airport illegally. Dionisio Parra Segura, inspector of air navigability at the airport was fired for not doing his job and Virgilio Cordero Matero, security inspector at the airport, was suspended because health issues impeded his ability to fulfill his duties. A report released by the IDAC on the investigation about the disappearance found that pilots Julio Romero and Pascual Reynoso had not violated any civil aviation regulations. IDAC has been slow in its investigations and has released little information on the case.
Eric Christopher, son of the former director of air-navigability at the IDAC who was murdered three weeks after canceling Adriano Jimenez's license to fly a plane, said on Tuesday's Huchi Lora radio talk show that he had information that one of the dismissed officials "had filed a report on the Santiago situation to IDAC". "Justice is being done by the weaker side," he complained. Christopher said that an IDAC official called Ivan Vasquez was aware of Jimenez's background, and asked, "Why does he not take responsibility?"
Diario Libre today reports that the Association of Commercial Airlines (Alarcom) says that in 2007 it warned the IDAC about irregular flight operations by airplanes and pilots who were not authorized to fly commercially. The National Pilots Association said it could identify the owners of private planes that have made irregular flights. In a letter dated 11 September 2007, Bolivar Batista and Hector Genao of Alarcom had warned Ivan Vasquez, deputy technical director of IDAC about the irregular operations. "Without any kind of authorization, facilities, training or investment, supervision and often using private pilots, they operate with all facilities and normalcy as if they were established companies," complained Alarcom to IDAC back then. They were concerned that these irregular flights constituted unfair competition with the Alarcom members.
Yesterday, Jose Tomas Perez had denied the existence of a mafia in the IDAC, but Pedro Dominguez of the Pilots Association responded by saying that "If Jose Tomas is interested, we are prepared to provide him with the names of the owners of private planes that are carrying out irregular flights, because from him down, we do not trust any officer at the IDAC". Dominguez added that the irregular flights are both domestic and international.
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Eric Christopher, son of the former director of air-navigability at the IDAC who was murdered three weeks after canceling Adriano Jimenez's license to fly a plane, said on Tuesday's Huchi Lora radio talk show that he had information that one of the dismissed officials "had filed a report on the Santiago situation to IDAC". "Justice is being done by the weaker side," he complained. Christopher said that an IDAC official called Ivan Vasquez was aware of Jimenez's background, and asked, "Why does he not take responsibility?"
Diario Libre today reports that the Association of Commercial Airlines (Alarcom) says that in 2007 it warned the IDAC about irregular flight operations by airplanes and pilots who were not authorized to fly commercially. The National Pilots Association said it could identify the owners of private planes that have made irregular flights. In a letter dated 11 September 2007, Bolivar Batista and Hector Genao of Alarcom had warned Ivan Vasquez, deputy technical director of IDAC about the irregular operations. "Without any kind of authorization, facilities, training or investment, supervision and often using private pilots, they operate with all facilities and normalcy as if they were established companies," complained Alarcom to IDAC back then. They were concerned that these irregular flights constituted unfair competition with the Alarcom members.
Yesterday, Jose Tomas Perez had denied the existence of a mafia in the IDAC, but Pedro Dominguez of the Pilots Association responded by saying that "If Jose Tomas is interested, we are prepared to provide him with the names of the owners of private planes that are carrying out irregular flights, because from him down, we do not trust any officer at the IDAC". Dominguez added that the irregular flights are both domestic and international.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#11)