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Dominican Republic level crash
The aviator and co-pilot of a backstage craft were killed erstwhile it crashed connected the runway astatine La Romana International Airport successful the Dominican Republic, the the Caribbean nation’s nationalist aviation authorization said. Authorities reported that nary passengers were connected board. According to a connection from the Dominican Civil Aviation Institute, the craft declared an exigency portion astir 16 nautical miles southwest of La Romana and went down portion attempting to instrumentality to the airport, AFP reported.
Videos shared connected societal media showed a ample plume of fume rising from the airport, with occurrence trucks spraying h2o to extinguish the blaze. According to the aviation authority, an probe has been launched to find the origin of the clang involving the plane, a Gulfstream G200 jet.
La Romana International Airport serves the adjacent tourer destination of La Romana, successful a state wherever tourism is simply a large pillar of the economy, supporting the Dominican Republic’s colonisation of astir 11.6 cardinal people. This incidental comes aft a erstwhile fatal clang successful 2021, erstwhile 9 radical were killed aft a backstage level departed from Las Américas International Airport successful Santo Domingo.
