Commander Rui da Silva Lampreia, head of the Marine Department and regional commander of the Northern Marine Police, confirmed this Saturday, before the last missing person from the Douro River tragedy was found, that during the search and removal of the wreckage of the crashed helicopter, personal belongings were collected.
According to the same source, The impact of the helicopter that crashed into the Douro on Friday in Samodaines (Lamego), with six people on board, was “very strong” and caused “the complete destruction of the aircraft”, according to Silva Lampreia.
“Given what we have found so far and the images we have recorded, everything points to the fact that [o impacto] It was brutal and resulted in the complete destruction of the plane,” he said.
The pilot, the only survivor, will be heard this Saturday.
The plane was carrying five soldiers from the GNR’s Unit for Emergency Protection and Assistance (UEPS) and sank. Five soldiers were killed. TO the pilot was rescued alive on a tourist ship with fractures of the lower limbs, authorities confirmed.
The helicopter will be taken to Viseu for forensic examination.
The commander ensures that air, land and underwater searches will continue. at sunset. “The area will grow in accordance with needs,” he said.
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Author: Morning mail And Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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