Four military firefightersA doctor and a nurse died in a plane crash when the helicopter carrying them crashed into a steep mountain range in Ouro Preto, in the central Minas Gerais region, the region’s firefighters reported Saturday in a press release.
The press release specifies that the equipment was in service and in the afternoon of Friday (11) lost contact with seatwhich activated a search protocol for more than 80 people, who went to the last coordinates reported by the plane.
During a press conference, a spokesperson for the firefighters indicated that the weather conditions were unfavorable and that after twelve hours of “intense” searching, they had found the destroyed plane “in an area of difficult access” with all its deaths. crew members.
Additionally, he stated that during the last emergency call, the pilot reported that visibility was poor And? security conditions were not met to begin the return.
According to firefighters, the plane It was in perfect condition. to carry out the research task for which he was charged and, in principle, it is believed that the factors of the accident would be external.
The crashed helicopter was searching for a single-engine agricultural plane that had also previously crashed, leaving the remains of a dead man and causing a fire at the site of the fall, now under control.
