Police try to find those responsible for the plane and launch an investigation to investigate a plane crash in Acre | Acre

Small plane crashed in Manoel Urbano

The Civil Police of Manoel Urbano, in the interior of Acre, opened a police investigation to investigate the causes of the crash of the small plane, model Cessna Skylane 182, on March 18th. The aircraft had seven people on board and crashed into a farm shortly after taking off.

• Roney Mendes, 59 years old – pilot of the plane. Transferred on Friday (22) in air ICU to the Manaus Burn Treatment Center
• Suanne Camelo, 30 years old – merchant from Santa Rosa do Purus. She was transferred on Saturday (23) in the air ICU to the hospital in Manaus
• Mateus Jeferson Fontes, 26 years old – Suanne’s fiancé. He was transferred to the Burns Treatment Center this Sunday (24)
• Amélia Cristina Rocha, 28 years old – biomedical. She was the first patient transferred to the specialized unit in Manaus. She was extubated on Saturday (23).
• Bruno Fernando dos Santos, 36 years old – dentist and husband of Amélia. He was discharged from the Rio Branco Emergency Room this Monday (25)
• Deonicilia Salomão Kalisto Kaxinawá, 15 years old – student. She was visiting her family in Manoel Urbano and was the one who was less seriously injured. She was discharged from Manoel Urbano hospital this Monday (25).

Some of the survivors were in serious condition and with more than 40% of their bodies burned. The plane had the capacity to carry a maximum of four people. However, six passengers and the pilot were inside the aircraft at the time of the crash. Furthermore, the aircraft was not authorized to act as an air taxi.

To the g1the delegate responsible for the investigations, Jade Dene, said that the team from the Center for Investigation and Prevention of Aeronautical Accidents (Cenipa) was at the scene to prepare the report and she requested the expertise of the Civil Police to evaluate the wreckage and carry out the technical survey of the causes of the fall.

During a period of one week, the delegate confirmed that she heard some workers in the aerodrome hangar and some witnesses who were at the scene, however, she was unable to locate the owner of the aircraft. According to her, the plane is in the name of a person who lives in another state, but someone else would be responsible.

“The plane is in the Anac system [Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil] in the name of a person from another state. This is what we need to find out: who was responsible for the aircraft? We are investigating to be sure. We identified the owner of the aircraft. We are identifying who was responsible. Expertise will help a lot”, he confirmed.

The delegate highlighted that the passengers’ statements will be extremely important to know exactly what happened at the moment before the crash. She awaits the survivors’ medical discharge to hear them.

“We have started the investigation, which will carry out its work and with this technical information we will be able to start having a line of investigation. It is being investigated, the Civil Police, immediately, opened an investigation and we will listen to the victims”, he explained .

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