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Pilot Charged as Investigators Examine Palermo Tennis‑Court Helicopter Crash

On‑site inspections by ANAC with the transport safety board continue at the crash site.

Overview

  • The Robinson R44 (registration LV-JKR) went down on the Parque Manuel Belgrano courts after a short flight from San Fernando, with no post‑crash fire reported.
  • All three aboard survived; the pilot remains hospitalized for polytrauma while the two passengers were treated and transferred to private care.
  • Prosecutors charged the 46‑year‑old pilot, identified as Maximiliano Ezequiel Leombruni, with negligent injury and ordered an alcohol test at Hospital Fernández.
  • ANAC and the national transport safety board are conducting technical examinations on the aircraft, which remains secured on the tennis courts for pericias.
  • Initial accounts point to a technical failure followed by an attempted autorotation that ended in a lateral rollover; the helicopter is reported as operated by Hangar Uno/Hangar Servicios.