Incidents
On August 8, 2007 the number 5 plane piloted by Captain Mario Costa had to make an emergency landing because it hit another plane in the group during an exercise. At landfall, the plane hit a demolished a parked vehicle, the pilot was rescued without injuries.
On November 9, 2011, during a routine training exercise on "El Bosque", and after a tour across the country, pilot N°3, Lieutenant Cristián Padilla, 28 years old, crashed on his aircraft (Extra-300L), resulting on the death of the pilot. The exact causes of the accident are still being investigated.
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“An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft.”
—Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)