Chile: confirmed that all passengers died

September 3, 2011

Chilean Defense Minister Andres Allamand, said “the impact was such that there wasinstant death of all passengers.” The first four victims were identified and among them,two members of the TVN channel.

Meanwhile, preliminary surveys through fingerprint identification, the Chilean authorities were able to establish that the four bodies found in the Juan Fernandez archipelago, area Erwin Núñez, the official Council of Culture, Gália Diaz, journalist Robert Bruce and Sylvia Slaï producer. The identification was confirmed by the government spokesman, Andrew Chadwick.

For its part, the inspector general of the Chilean Air Force, Ricardo Gutierrez, said the rescue operation will continue day and night, despite the variable weather conditionsthat the archipelago has been all this Saturday.