After 4 years, the relatives of the Laguna del Sauce air tragedy always claim justice

In the fourth anniversary of the Laguna del Sauce plane crashIn Punta del Este, relatives of the victims continue to seek justice for those killed in the tragedy. Did subsequent studies show that the aircraft was not able to operate, had the documentation falsified and the pilots did not register any authorization.

On March 19, 2015, a Beechcraft King Air B90 aircraft took off from the The airport of San Fernando to the city of Punta del Este. The return was scheduled for 19:30 on March 19, but thirty seconds after takeoff, the plane crashed over Laguna del Sauce. The machine immediately caught fire and all members of the crew lost their lives.

The flight was hired by La Rural to the company Furlong Fox and aimed to take its employees to the supervision of a convention center located in the city of Uruguay.

According to reports obtained by the Commission on the Investigation of Accidents and Aircraft Incidents (CIAIA) of Uruguay, the aircraft was not in a state of operation. The vehicle belonged to the companies Droguería Meta, Inversiones Locales and Dihermo.

The report also found a sum of irregularities as legally disabled services, illegal changes to the configuration of the aircraft to be able to carry more pbadengers, pilots without authorization, experience and Lack of rest, spoiled spare parts and mandatory maintenance not carried out.

"This gives me a lot of helplessness dates. The owners of the aircraft were aware of the inconvenience, that it was not activated for commercial flights. And justice is very slow, it is only at the end of last year that we were able to reopen the file after an appeal. What we see is that frustration, "he said. Infobae Matías Deleonardis, widower of Joana Mc Cormack.

"After producing a tremendous amount of evidence, we have been in the business for three years and, to reach a sentence in the first place, five more years can pbad. The emotional burden of loved ones adds apathy to those responsible and the inefficiency of justice.", Javier Salerno, lawyer of relatives of the victims, finished in the same line.

In the tragedy, the pilots are dead Luis Pivida (59 years old) and Diego Chiaradía (45). Death of La Rural employees Joana Mc Cormack (41) Alfredo Dietrich (51) Marcelo Zarco, Horacio Peñaflor and Gustavo Pera.

Among the dead were also Marta Pires Vieira (41), commercial director of the Dorier Latin America group; Carlos de Elías (56), S.A. rental convention; and Mario Barba (42), from Connectis ICT Services S.A.

The final report of Studio Santamarina, which operated as an insurance liquidator, concluded, like the CAIA, that the aircraft "was not navigable" and that the "operational factor" and the "human factor" both had direct impact on the development of the tragedy.

This company said that the plane "she was overwhelmed by her weight and momentum"One of these causes corresponded to I could only carry six pbadengers on boardalthough there is room for eight people due to an "illegal modification" of the seats.

The crew also did not show the experience or references required. The pilot had flown a similar aircraft for the last time in 1997, almost 18 years before the tragedy. Like the co-pilot, he had financial problems and fatigue. lack of rest and overwork.

"Many crimes were committed in San Fernando. Configurations were made in the plane and this led him to fall overweight. As the state was not controlled either, it was an international flight and there was no verification, "said Matías Deleonardis.

"Those responsible should be imprisoned, they have committed fraudulent chaos. They rented a taxi trucho, without insurance and without checks or notesadded Mc Cormack's widower.

The continuity of causes

Criminal Justice of Maldonado will resume next May 2nd actions related to the accident. Several people involved in the incident were quoted that day, according to the newspaper. The country from Uruguay. In parallel, the case pending before the San Isidro Federal Court, in charge of Sandra Arroyo Salgado.

In the civil proposal, families continue to demand greater compensation for damages and losses caused. They point against the owners of the aircraft, two of its directors Ezequiel Masjuan and Juan Cereijoand Furlong Fox.

"The plane should never have left Buenos Aires. Family members want the guilty to be punished and justice done. Many widows do not work, many minors were left without their parents, so they also demand fair economic compensation, "said Salerno's lawyer.