NewsWhore
03-20-2009, 03:00 PM
A small plane on a drug surveillance flight landed in the sea yesterday after its motor failed. Hoy newspaper reports that the pilot had warned that he was running short on fuel. Miraculously, the four people on board survived. They were rescued by fisherman and taken to a Santo Domingo hospital where they are recovering satisfactorily. Air Force Chief Major General Carlos Rafael Altuna Tezanos made the announcement. The pilot is Colonel Mateo Fuentes Soto who was accompanied by Major Wascar Gonzalez Payano and two women officers, First Lieutenants Lee Mateo and Massiel Estrella . The plane left the San Isidro Air Base at 6:15am on Thursday, crashing into the sea not far from shore.
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