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02-10-2009, 01:30 PM
The news traveled quickly: Another plane was down, this time en route to Puerto Rico with six people on board. Search and rescue units were mobilized, and the US Coast Guard began their search. The aircraft, a Cessna 206, had departed from La Romana's Casa de Campo and apparently went into the ocean barely two kilometers from the shores of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. A statement for the Emergency Management Office in Puerto Rico said that there was very little chance of survivors." The passengers have been identified as Ralph Cristiansen, Luis Lavergne, Luis Ramos, Alberto Besthan and Karen Pizarro. According to the plane owners, Tropical Aviation, the pilot was Jorge Beringeri.
Cristiansen was president of the board of directors of the Marsh Saldana insurance firm, while Lavergne was a founding partner of QB Construction, one of the largest construction companies in Puerto Rico.
The Coast Guard reported that it received a 911 call at 6:51pm on Sunday saying that a plane had gone down in the waters north of Quebradillas. According to the Coast Guard, the plane was en route from La Romana to the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan.
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Cristiansen was president of the board of directors of the Marsh Saldana insurance firm, while Lavergne was a founding partner of QB Construction, one of the largest construction companies in Puerto Rico.
The Coast Guard reported that it received a 911 call at 6:51pm on Sunday saying that a plane had gone down in the waters north of Quebradillas. According to the Coast Guard, the plane was en route from La Romana to the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#12)