PUNTA ARENAS (Chile), Dec 15 — The Chilean Hercules C-130 plane that crashed on its way to Antarctica, killing all 38 people on board, suffered an emergency three years ago on the same route, the Air Force said yesterday. Following the plane’s disappearance Monday after taking off from the...
Military personnel stand by an Air Force plane as they wait to unload human remains found during the search for the C-130 Hercules transport plane which crashed in the sea on its way to Antarctica with 38 people on board, at an air base in Punta Arenas, southern Chile, December 13, 2019. — AFP pic
Following the plane’s disappearance Monday after taking off from the southern city of Punta Arenas, local media broadcast a video showing emergency equipment, firefighters and ambulances waiting on the runway of the city’s airport in April 2016. As it approached the Antarctica base in 2016 “the crew realised that the left main gear of the aircraft did not travel to the down position and secure when activating the landing gear,” the statement said.
The Air Force has previously said the crashed plane’s maintenance record was in order, but that it would investigate a WhatsApp audio message sent by a passenger to relatives that allegedly said the plane was having electrical problems.
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