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    Plane Crashes into Río de la Plata, 5 dead

    plane crashFive people were killed after a BE020 plane crashed into the river Río de la Plata, which marks the border between Uruguay and Argentina, on May 27.

    The incident happened after the aircraft flew from the Buenos Aires in San Fernando, Argentina, and was on its way to Carmelo, in Uruguay.

    Five out of the nine passengers on board died; four of them were rescued and airlifted to hospitals in Buenos Aires and Uruguay. All of the passengers were from Argentina.

    The dead have been identified as the pilot Leandro Larriera and passengers Fernando Sánchez, Facundo Alecha, Fernando Lonigro and Gustavo Fosco. Fosco was the communications director, while Fernando Sánchez was the press officer at the renowned car-manufacturing company, Renault.

    Those who survived the crash include: Sebastián Vivona, Santiago Villamil, Paula Silvana Buery and Ignacio Javier Losa.

    The plane was owned by Argentine textile businessman Federico Bonomi but he was not on board.

    According to Uruguayan Navy spokesman Gastón Jaunsolo, the accident happened due to a fault in the plane and the passengers raised the alarm after they discovered the malfunction.

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    Piper Crash in Argentina

    Mr. Julio Contreras – President of Allen Air Club was flying a Piper PA-11 Cub Special on May 10, 2013 and on landing at the Aeropuerto Arturo Humbert in Argentina, the plane flipped–a wheels up landing.

    Volunteer firemen, police, airport staff and members of the aeroclub responded to the scene.

    The cause of the accident is being attributed to excessive braking. Local news in Argentina is calling it just a scare. The pilot suffered a bump on the forehead, but is otherwise okay. He told reporters “IT WAS A BAD LANDING, SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS TO EVERYONE WHO FLIES. I ADMIT THAT WAS MY MISTAKE AND DO NOT REALLY KNOW IF SMUG, WANTING TO PLAY SHORT, I TOUCHED THE BRAKES A LITTLE MORE. THIS IS AN AIRCRAFT THAT HAS A TRAIN CONVENTIONAL WHEELS THAT ARE MORE LIBERATED LATER, STOPPED AND TURNED VERY SLOW. BUT I’M FINE, BUT WITH A BIG RAGE AND PAIN OF THE SOUL BECAUSE BREAKING A PLANE IS LIKE THAT YOU DAMAGE A CHILD … AND ANGER COMPARED TO SOMEONE WHO KICKS A PENALTY AND MISSES. IT WAS A VERY SIMPLE BEAT, CAME TO REFUEL AND BRAKED MORE, IS AN AIRCRAFT THAT HAS THE BRAKES VERY JEALOUS, MAYBE A LITTLE SMUG I WANT TO LAND SHORT, I WAS WRONG. THESE THINGS HAPPEN TO US HUMANS, WE WERE WRONG” (machine translation.)