The Puebla State Attorney General’s Office He reported that arrested the fifth implicated in the plane crash where the then governor of the entity died, Martha Erika Alonso and her husband, the senator, Rafael Moreno Valle.
The apprehension was carried out as a result of the investigation that the authorities have been carrying out since December 24, 2018, the day on which the politicians and three other people who accompanied them on the aircraft died.
The subject, identified as Miguel “N”, who also works in Rotor Flight Services, company related to the operation of the helicopter, must answer for the crimes of homicide by guilt, damage to someone else’s property by way of fault and falsehood in statements made before an authority.
It should be remembered that On December 25, the Prosecutor’s Office reported that it detained four implicated in the case. Like Miguel “N”, they are related to the maintenance of the accident aircraft in the town of Santa María Coronago.
According to official information, among those arrested are the owner of the company and two mechanics of the plane. Gilberto Vladimir Montalvo González, lawyer for one of the technicians, told The Sun of Puebla that the arrest of his client was carried out around 6:00 p.m. on December 24 in the Del Valle neighborhood, Puebla.
Last March, the Government of Mexico published a report on the accident in which sabotage to the aircraft was ruled out and the accident was attributed to a technical failure, inadequate maintenance and lack of supervision of the General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics.
According to the opinion, it was determined that one of the actuators, which are the ones that move the blades and give stability to the aircraft, had two loose screws, what caused the helicopter would reverse in flight and then hit the ground, and subsequently fire.
“It was the loss of control of the aircraft due to a sudden roll to the left, which was not recovered by the pilot-in-command and caused the impact“, Said then the Secretary of Communications and Transportation (SCT), Javier Jiménez Espriú when presenting the final opinion at the morning conference at the National Palace.
In that conference it was detailed that when analyzing the flight log it was found that on December 13 (days before the accident), system linear actuator was damaged stability increase number two and needed replacement; however, the aircraft continued to operate.
In that same month, an email from Rotor Fligth Services requesting to apply the warrant of the warping linear actuator of stability enhancement system number two, which had previously been sent for repair, due to a failure detected on June 25, 2018.
The data revealed that the aircraft was not to continue operating. The message sent to the American workshop Accesories Instruments highlighted:
“The reason for our email is to tell you that the actuator that they repaired us is reporting maintenance that is failing so they are going to download it from the machine, here I want to know to apply the guarantee and be able to proceed with it, since it would be a bit urgent because the machine It has compromised flights and we cannot stop it”.
Such opinion was integrated into the investigation folder and sent to the Attorney General of the Republic. Several months after said progress was reported in the investigations, the arrest of five people who belonged to said maintenance company has been completed.
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