On 9 September 2024, a Bell UH-1H aircraft operated by the Salvadoran Air Force that was flying from Choluteca to San Salvador crashed in the Pasaquina municipality in La Union, El Salvador. The crash killed all nine people onboard, including the Salvadoran Police chief Mauricio Arriaza Chicas.[1]
 A Bell UH-1H similar to the crashed. | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 9 September 2024 |
| Summary | Crashed in poor weather, under investigation |
| Site | Pasaquina, El Salvador |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Bell UH-1H |
| Operator | Salvadoran Air Force |
| Flight origin | Choluteca, Choluteca, Honduras |
| Destination | San Salvador, El Salvador |
| Occupants | 9 |
| Passengers | 2 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 9 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Background
editAircraft
editThe Aircraft was an Bell UH-1 Iroquois, operated for the Salvadoran Air Force, that was flying from Choluteca to San Salvador.[2]
Passengers and crew
editThe aircraft was transporting the police chief Mauricio Arriaza Chicas,[3] along with it there was Manuel Coto, which it was captured on that same day in the Honduran-Nicaragua border accused of corruption.[4] There was also four policemen, three militants, and one news reporter.[5]
Accident
editThe aircraft departed around 20:00 local time, from Cholulteca, Honduras.[6] Witnesses reported that the aircraft started to fly in a unstable condition, and that there was no hope anyone would survive until it finally crashed in the Pasaquina municipality minutes after takeoff.[7]
Aftermath
editImmediately, the witnesses of the crash praised the pilot, for trying to save the aircraft.[8] The only part of the aircraft that was left intact was the Empennage.[9] Hours later the Salvadoran president, Nayib Bukele, declared three days of mourning.[10]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Infobae, Por Newsroom (2024-09-09). "Claves del accidente aéreo en el que falleció el director de la Policía de El Salvador". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-10.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ Avelar, Bryan (2024-09-09). "Muere el director de la Policía de El Salvador en un accidente aéreo". El País América (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ "Estas son las nueve víctimas del accidente aéreo en Pasaquina, La Unión". Noticias de El Salvador - Noticias de El Salvador, noticias internacionales, salvadoreños por el mundo, economia, negocios, politica, deportes, entretenimiento, tecnologia, turismo, tendencias, fotos, videos, redes sociales (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ cronologia/-/meta/javier-flores. "Honduras lo entregó a El Salvador y minutos después murió en accidente aéreo". www.laprensa.hn (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ "Estas son las nueve víctimas del accidente aéreo en Pasaquina, La Unión". Noticias de El Salvador - Noticias de El Salvador, noticias internacionales, salvadoreños por el mundo, economia, negocios, politica, deportes, entretenimiento, tecnologia, turismo, tendencias, fotos, videos, redes sociales (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ Avelar, Bryan (2024-09-09). "Muere el director de la Policía de El Salvador en un accidente aéreo". El País América (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ cronologia/-/meta/redaccion. ""Ese muchacho luchó para no caer": Testigo habla sobre piloto del accidente en El Salvador". www.elheraldo.hn (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ cronologia/-/meta/redaccion. ""Ese muchacho luchó para no caer": Testigo habla sobre piloto del accidente en El Salvador". www.elheraldo.hn (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ cronologia/-/meta/redaccion. "Video: Así encontraron el helicóptero que trasladaba a Mauricio Arriaza y tripulantes". www.elheraldo.hn (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ https://www.latribuna.hn/2024/09/09/bukele-declara-tres-dias-de-duelo-por-las-victimas-del-accidente-aereo-en-el-salvador/
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