The report details that the plane, whose make is a Bombardier Challenger, was a model 300 BD-100-1A10with serial number 20227 and whose owner and operator is the company New Lines SA Its flight phase indicates a takeoff from Laguna del Sauce Airport, Uruguaywith SULS code. The type of operation was “general” aviation, with destination code SADF and the Maximum Takeoff Weight (abbreviated PMD) was between 5,701 and 27,000 kg.
Plane crash in San Fernando: who were the pilots who lost their lives
Due to the collision, the ship caught fire and the two crew members lost their lives. These are the pilot and co-pilot, identified as Martín Fernández Loza and Agustín Orforte. Fernández Loza, 46, was the commander of the aircraft. He was a native of MunroBuenos Aires party of Vicente López, although he currently had residence in Martinez, San Isidro.
He had a long career as a pilot. He was an employee of the airline New Lines SAbut he had also worked for Austral Líneas Aereas (today Aerolíneas Argentinas), Top Air SA, Servicios y Emprendimientos Aeronáuticos SA, Aviaser SA, Jet Clipper SAamong others.
For his part, Orforte, 35, was also an employee of New Lines SA and was a private airplane pilot for the Argentine Air Force and commercial flights. He was from the area West of the Conurbanoalthough his address was registered in the city of Inns, Missions.
What is the Challenger 300 like, the plane that caught fire at the San Fernando airport
He Bombardier Challenger 300 It is a size plane super medium (or Super Midsize Cabin). Their twin Honeywell Engines HTF 7000 engines allow reaching a speed of 870 km per houras well as guarantee a smooth cruising speed and a long range capability of up to 3,200 nautical miles.
Designed by Canadian company Bombardier Aerospaceits cabin height is 1.85 meters and a width of 2.18 meters. Its development began in the late 1990s, with the aim of offering a private jet with speed and comfort.
As for the brakes, it has an electronic system by cable that in theory guarantees fast and constant stops, which gives the plane great braking capacity on short runways.
A private plane got lost and caught fire at the San Fernando airport: two dead
A private plane got lost and caught fire on the runway of the San Fernando airport, in the province of Buenos Aires. The aircraft involved is a Challenger 300, which belongs to the Brito family, of Banco Macro, and was returning to Buenos Aires after making a trip to Punta del Este.
The ship hit a house near the airport where two people were possibly affected. The trip from Uruguay lasted 34 minutes, after takeoff at 12:45 and impact at 1:19 p.m. The pilot Ezequiel Sucardi expressed in dialogue with C5N that in this case of accidents two factors “can play”: human error and technical failure. In addition, he maintained that “mechanical failure can always exist” because this type of aircraft at the moment of landing “is very arrogant.”
Source: Ambito
