At least Two men and women died This Monday in Puerto Lempira in the Honduran Caribbean A small plane crashed while trying to cross the runway on a motorcycle.reported the Honduran Civil Aviation Agency (AHAC). According to the statement made by Civil Aviation, the HR-NCH registered single-engine Cessna 206 aircraft, which covers local flights from Puerto Lempira to the Gracias a Dios department, flew across the motorcycle road while landing. .shock
AHAC, in accordance with the protocol created, described the incident as an accident and decided to report the situation to the Accident and Incident Investigation Commission and the Air Navigation Department of this institution. The Accident Commission will be tasked with investigating the incident and will issue a preliminary report on the accident, which occurred around 13:00 local time (19:00 GMT) in the coming days.
The Honduran Civil Aviation Authority expressed its solidarity with the victims’ relatives, whose identities are Erick Hayloc Jemes and Maricela Dandy Osorio.
The runway in Puerto Lempira, the most important of the six municipalities of Gracias a Dios, is not paved and does not have all the safety systems. allows people and animals to pass whenever they wantaccording to complaints from residents.
“Immediately express my solidarity with the families of the two people who died at Puerto Lempira airport, we condemn the failure to invest in this air terminal, despite the government’s announcement that it will invest $30 million in other airports in the near future. , La Muskitia continues to be forgotten”, MP Ericka Urtecho wrote on social networks about the accident . He added that he had been asking for help “since last year” but that hasn’t happened yet.
“How many more deaths are there for the population of the Gracias a Dios area to prioritize, lay and build the perimeter fence of the single and main access road,” said Urtecho of the opposition Liberal Party. asked.