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The mayor of the city, Karla Rubilar, ruled out the closure of Tobalaba airfield after questions received after the fall of a small plane in his vicinity and left four wounded.
This Saturday, the Mayor of Peñalolén, Carolina Leitao, requested that the site be moved to another location. "Here we have a park.
This plane could have fallen into the park, it is full of children, sportsmen, neighboring houses.
Therefore, we ask that the Peldehue project be accelerated the as quickly as possible and as obviously as all flights and especially the large number of flights are transferred to this place. "
Rubilar said that at some point the idea of closing the airfield had been considered, however, he said that it was not possible.
The regional chief warned that "we need it and I want to make it transparent because it's unpopular, it's vitally important and a very important public service, it's strategically located, it has a lot of work on health, air transport serious trauma in relation to the Military Hospital, in the transport of organs, the reception of donors is done from here "he said.
"Since Tobalaba, forest fires have been fought, a very important problem for the region, as well as the humanitarian flights of Coaniquem, children expelled with cancer from the Hospital San Borja Arriaran and so on. the serious thing is to say that they will reduce as much as possible all the flights that are not to be done and they will be sent to Peldehue when it is inaugurated, but the Tobalaba has a very important regional function, very relevant and that we must maintain "
The Metropolitan Mayor said that there was a delay in the construction of Peldehue at Colina in 2017 and that it should be open during the second half of the year. by 2019. "With this, at least 30% of Tobalaba flights will be transferred, thus limiting as much risk flights as possible in the current compound," he concluded.
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