Crashed Chile plane had emergency in 2016, says air force
The Chilean air force confirms that the Hercules C-130 aircraft that crashed in the Drake Passage on Monday had had an emergency landing in 2016 due to a faulty landing gear. – EPA pic, December 15, 2019.
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 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.
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