The number of people who died after the accident military plane that transported money from the Central Bank in Bolivia It rose to 22, the authorities in charge of the case reported this Saturday.
Likewise, they assured that the causes of the accident air could be known “up to more than a year after it occurred.”
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The Minister of Defense, Raul Salinas, He indicated that the aircraft was traveling eight crewof which one lost his life.
“Have 22 people died“, among them four childrenMirko Sokol, general commander of the police, informed journalists and specified that “only nine of them were identified, because we have totally mutilated bodies“.
The military aircraft C-130 Hercules of the Bolivian Air Force crashed on Friday after going off the runway in the El Alto International Airportjust about 15 kilometers from La Paz.
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Through the international agency AFP, it was announced that fuselage parts They ended up on a street The High where several vehicles collided, resulting in serious damage.
In addition to the fatalities, the incident left more than 37 injuredamong them a minor who lost his legs due to the impact, said the Ministry of Health.
Regarding the causes, the Bolivian government indicated that they are still unknown, but now They managed to find the black box of the aircraft and a investigative board to determine them.
“The analysis and interpretation of data “They can take from several weeks to more than a year,” the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
(With information from AFP)
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