Miguel Diaz-Canel, who is visiting Santiago de Cuba, sent a message of condolences to the families of the three soldiers who died in theaccident aerial incident that occurred in the early hours of this Thursday in that same province.
"To the family, colleagues and friends of the"Major Dairon González Espinosa, First Lieutenant Carlos Enrique Frómeta Rodríguez and Second Lieutenant Yunier Céspedes Escalona, we feel your pain as our own, for the loss of such valuable young combatants.", the ruler limited himself to publishing briefly on Twitter.
In the official note the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (MINFAR) in addition toidentify to the three deceased, indicated that the crashed helicopter"he was carrying out a mission in the interest of the Revolutionary Armed Forces", and that the aircraft "came to the ground at the Antonio Maceo Grajales International Airport in Santiago de Cuba."
The statement added that at this timeA MINFAR commission investigates the causes of the accident.
According to information published on social networks The damaged aircraft was the MI-17 helicopter number H-115, which fell from about ten meters high for unknown reasons.
A video is circulating on social networks that allegedly shows the moments immediately after the accident, according tomade it known journalist Yosmany Mayeta, who noted that the accident occurred in the "protocol area" of the Santiago airport.
It is estimated thatThe military aircraft was supporting the visit of Army General Raúl Castro, who was this Wednesday in Santiago de Cuba with Miguel Díaz-Canel and other Cuban political leaders participating inthe burial ceremony of the remains of combatants of the Third Eastern Front.
Journalist Luis Domínguez, one of the first people to report on the event, explained that Dairon González, one of the victims, was training as a pilot in the third training course for that specialty in the Cuban army.
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