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10-16-2009, 02:00 PM
Three people on board a helicopter that crashed in the El Limon area in San Jose de Ocoa yesterday were killed, according to a report from the Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC). The pilot was identified as Wilkler Diaz Romero, a First Lieutenant in the Dominican Army, and his passengers were two architects assigned to the Foreign Ministry, Manuel Checo and Yendi Vasquez, according to Listin Diario. The helicopter lifted off at 2:35 yesterday afternoon from the Hotel Santo Domingo heliport, heading for San Jose de Ocoa. The IDAC said that at approximately 2:55pm the Control and Communication Center in Santo Domingo received a call from the pilot saying that they could close the flight plan as he had his final destination in sight in the province of San Jose de Ocoa. The helicopter belonged to the Dominican consul in Haiti, Carlos Castillo, who was not on board at the time of the accident. Air accident investigators are looking into the causes.
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