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16.12.2017
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Six people lost their lives this Saturday in the sector of Yerba Buena, Lepaterique, Francisco Morazán,
after crashing a helicopter of the Honduran Air Force (FAH),
among them Mrs. Hilda Hernández, sister of the President of the Republic, Juan Orlando Hernández .
Hilda Hernández, served as communications minister in the current government,
and was recently the adviser of the presidential campaign of JOH.
In the helicopter, five other people were transported,
among them, Hilda's security corps, and military personnel.
The Honduran Air Force, at about 3:25 in the afternoon, issued a statement on this fact. In it they confirmed that the ship disappeared.
At about 4:35 on Saturday afternoon,
President Hernández confirmed to the media that his sister and the FAH-905 crew had lost their lives after the impact.
According to reports, the helicopter whose registration is the FAH 905 Model AS350 Ecuriel, has capacity for two crew members and four passengers.
When the helicopter left Tegucigalpa there was a drizzle over the capital.
The aircraft crashed in the Yerba Bueba Biological Reserve .
The weather conditions were not the most favorable for helicopter flights,
sources told EL HERALDO and over the Comayagua area it was raining more than on the capital at that time.
The ship had contact the last time with the control tower,
about 40 miles north of the Tegucigalpa airport,
told EL HERALDO a certified source who requested anonymity.
The aircraft was heading to the Soto Cano base in Comayagua departameto ,
but the control tower made its last contact with them at 9:47 in the morning of this Saturday, December 16.