2023-07-03 09:34:57
It happened in the state of Miranda, where the aircraft was practicing for a commemorative parade on Venezuela’s independence day. The other crew member survived.
An aircraft belonging to the Bolivarian Military Aviation of Venezuela it crashed this sunday because of a bird while carrying out a practice with a view to a commemorative parade on July 5, that country’s independence day, and caused the pilot’s death despite the fact that he managed to eject like the other crew member, who survived.
As officially reported, Colonel Paulino José Millán Sabino was piloting the ship, a Sukhoi 30 Mk2 acronym 3363, in the Guaicaipuro municipality of the Bolivarian state of Miranda, together with Lieutenant Colonel Sergio Luis Hernández Gómez, when a bird entered the motor systemwhich caused him to fall to the ground.
The Venezuelan Ministry of the Interior and Justice clarified that the accident was not caused by mechanical damage or human error.
On its social networks, that Venezuelan state portfolio published the exact moment in which the bird caused the fatal incident in the Maitana sector, Paracotos parish, in the central region of the Caribbean country and south of Caracas.
Nicolás Maduro ordered the postmortem promotion of Colonel Paulino José Millán Sabino, the pilot who died in the accident, to the rank of Brigadier General.
According to local media, Millán Sabino, nicknamed “Obelisco” by his colleagues, was a fighter pilot who he had been promoted on June 30 after achieving first place in the order of merit of his promotion to reach the rank of Commando Colonel. The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, ordered his postmortem promotion to the rank of Brigadier General.
“We are greatly saddened by the irreparable loss of a brave military professional, who offered his life serving the nation, while we raise our prayers to Almighty God to appease the grief of his family, friends and comrades in arms, reiterating our full solidarity and support. unconditional”, reads the closing statement of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), signed by its general in chief, Vladimir Padrino López.
For his part, on his Twitter account, Maduro wrote: “We are greatly saddened by the irreparable loss of a brave military professional, who offered his life serving the nation, while we pray to Almighty God to appease the pain of his family, friends and comrades in arms, reiterating total solidarity and unconditional support”.
Air tragedy in Colombia: two planes collided in military training and one of the pilots died
An air tragedy mourned Colombia this Saturday. It happened at Combat Command No. 2, located in Apiay, in the city of Vilavicencio, where two Air Force planes collided in the air during military training. One of the pilots died, while the other managed to eject, according to government spokesmen.
The incident occurred at 5:28 p.m. when two S-Tucano 27 aircraft collided in the vicinity of a garrison located in the central region of that country, southeast of Bogotá.
The accident caused the death of Lieutenant Colonel Mario Andrés Espinosa González, while the other pilot (whose identity was not revealed) was able to save himself.
Images of the incident quickly went viral on social media. In them you can see the moment of impact between the two aircraft and a woman is heard exclaiming that “a plane fell” on at least four occasions.
In an official statement, the Colombian Air Force confirmed the death of Espinosa González (Commander of the Aeronautical Education Group) and reported that one of the planes fell to the ground, but the other was found one kilometer away from the runway. landing.
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