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01-09-2009, 03:10 PM
El Dia newspaper reports today that state prosecutors have located a helicopter belonging to missing pilot Adriano Basilio Jimenez in a Santiago farm. Reportedly, the National District prosecutor office had returned the helicopter to Jimenez once it had determined it did not belong to Quirino Ernesto Castillo, who is standing trial in New York on drug trafficking charges. Jimenez is known to have used the helicopter to give Quirino's son flying lessons. News reports have questioned how Jimenez, who had been dismissed from different branches of the army, and even had his pilot license cancelled, was still allowed to fly. At the time of his disappearance, the JCE showed he was active in the military.
The president of the Dominican Pilots Association said that the commission appointed by the Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation (IDAC) had turned in a "very poor report" when checking whether there was government complicity in authorizing the missing Santiago-Bahamas flight, the last known to be made by Jimenez, who is now missing along with 11 passengers. The flight is suspected to have involved people smuggling. Jimenez's license to fly was cancelled in 2006 precisely for that reason. Dominguez asks how Jimenez was still allowed to make 68 flights even after his license was cancelled. He criticized the IDAC's response in merely recommending the dismissal of Santiago airport inspector Dionisio Parra Segura. "They are holding the snake by the tail," commented Dominguez.
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The president of the Dominican Pilots Association said that the commission appointed by the Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation (IDAC) had turned in a "very poor report" when checking whether there was government complicity in authorizing the missing Santiago-Bahamas flight, the last known to be made by Jimenez, who is now missing along with 11 passengers. The flight is suspected to have involved people smuggling. Jimenez's license to fly was cancelled in 2006 precisely for that reason. Dominguez asks how Jimenez was still allowed to make 68 flights even after his license was cancelled. He criticized the IDAC's response in merely recommending the dismissal of Santiago airport inspector Dionisio Parra Segura. "They are holding the snake by the tail," commented Dominguez.
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