The pilot of the small plane that crashed in Sancti Spiritus remains stable.

The 57-year-old pilot suffered a mild head injury and a blood pressure imbalance when his "dromedary" plane crashed onto the rice fields.

Avioneta siniestrada en Sancti Spíritus © CACSA | Corporación de la Aviación Cubana S.A. / Twitter
Small plane crashes in Sancti SpíritusPhoto © CACSA | Cuban Aviation Corporation S.A. / Twitter.

The Cuban pilot of the agricultural airplane that crashed while performing fumigation work in Sancti Spíritus remains stable although he continues hospitalized.

Armando Leyva Sosa, 57 years old, suffered a mild head trauma and a blood pressure imbalance when his PZL M-18 airplane, commonly known as the "dromedary," crashed in the rice fields of La Sierpe.

So far, Leva Sosa remains in the observation room of the provincial hospital Camilo Cienfuegos, with no reported results or symptoms of alteration in the tests performed.

Doctor Alexander Concepción, head of the surgery department, explained to Granma newspaper that "the patient is in stable condition, well, with no changes in blood pressure, heart rate, breathing, or temperature…".

Chest x-rays, abdominal ultrasounds, and other tests were performed, confirming the absence of pleuropulmonary lesions or injuries to internal organs.

Leyva Sosa expressed gratitude for the care received, first at the La Sierpe polyclinic and then at the provincial hospital.

His small plane belongs to the National Air Services Company (ENSA). It crashed to the ground on Thursday morning near the town of Peralejo.

Eduardo Rodríguez Dávila, Cuban Minister of Transportation, revealed that a commission from the Cuban Civil Aeronautics Institute is investigating the causes of the incident.

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