NewsWhore
12-16-2009, 04:30 PM
One year ago a flight that departed from the Cibao International Airport disappeared, possibly taking the lives of 11 passengers on board, as reported in Listin Diario. The passengers reportedly sought to travel to the United States via Mayaguana in the Bahamas. The pilot, Adrian Jimenez had filed a flight plan for a landing in the Turks & Caicos but the authorities there say they have no record of his arrival.
The DR authorities have not released their conclusions about what really happened. Family members of the disappeared passengers have expressed concern about the lack of information. The plane was headed for the Bahamas when it disappeared from radar.
Pedro Dominguez, president of the Dominican Pilots Association, called on the authorities to locate the airplane or explain what happened. Dominguez said that it was important to release the conclusions of the investigations carried out by the commission appointed by the Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation (IDAC) because everything is now in limbo. He said that it is counterproductive for the same IDAC commission in charge of clearing up the uncertainties to be the same one in charge of investigating the case. Dominguez said that the pilot was allowed to pilot a commercial flight using a license cancelled by IDAC on 20 October 2006.
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The DR authorities have not released their conclusions about what really happened. Family members of the disappeared passengers have expressed concern about the lack of information. The plane was headed for the Bahamas when it disappeared from radar.
Pedro Dominguez, president of the Dominican Pilots Association, called on the authorities to locate the airplane or explain what happened. Dominguez said that it was important to release the conclusions of the investigations carried out by the commission appointed by the Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation (IDAC) because everything is now in limbo. He said that it is counterproductive for the same IDAC commission in charge of clearing up the uncertainties to be the same one in charge of investigating the case. Dominguez said that the pilot was allowed to pilot a commercial flight using a license cancelled by IDAC on 20 October 2006.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)