Seven people died this Friday in the south Chile when the small plane they were travelling on crashed, local authorities announced three days of mourning over the incident.

A spokesman for the regional president, Aysen Rodrigo Araya Morales, confirmed at a press conference that there were no survivors. “It’s a sad case The pilot and his six passengers died“.

After the news was announced, Araya expressed “his most sincere and heartfelt condolences to each and every family of the passengers and the pilot of the crashed plane” and said “on behalf of the government of Gabriel Boric and the presidential delegation.” three days of regional mourning.

Information from the Aisen regional prosecutor’s office showed that “Contact with the ship Piper Navajo was lost.which operated subsidized flights between Coyhaique and Chile Chico, at around 09:36 hours”, in the Cerro Castillo sector, in an area with “unfavorable” weather conditions.

The plane in question belonged to Transportes Aéreos San Rafael, which “with deep pain” confirmed the “painful death of (his) pilot Joaquin Infante Crocco”in front of a vehicle that “departed this Friday, August 9, at 09:13 from Coyhaique, heading to Chile Chico,” according to a statement collectedBio Bio Chile‘.

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From the prosecutor’s office they gave the order to the “Investigative Police (PDI) of Chile, through the homicide investigation brigade, the crime lab and special personnel, to find people (…) to work at the scene of the crime “in cooperation with other supporting organizations,” the organization added in a statement.

For its part, PDI later reported this. Formation of a multidisciplinary team “to begin work on the investigation into the crash of a small plane in Cerro Castillo,” where they had gone a few hours earlier “at the direction of the regional prosecutor’s office.”Europe Press)