Beja: Parachutist dies in BA11 during Exercise Real Thaw 2019.
Portuguese Army paratrooper, dies at Air Base (BA) 11 during the multinational exercise Real Thaw 2019 (RT19). The parachute did not open during the jump.
A 1st Army sergeant Portuguese (EP), 34 year old, He died early on Friday at the Air Base (BA) 11, in Beja, during the multinational exercise Real Thaw 2019 (RT19), that is taking place since last Sunday in Portugal.
Has learned the Lidador News (LN), this was a leap of paratroopers, whose point of landing was the BA11, but the parachute did not open the military, this having fallen violently the ground and had immediate death.
The accident occurred at 09,40 hours, with the Army issued a statement on the subject, explaining that during the year the parachute did not open”.
An ambulance INEM based in the Volunteer Fire Department and the Medical Car Emergency and Resuscitation (VMER) Hospital José Joaquim Fernandes, both Beja, They were driven to 10,46 hours, but were to be demobilized.
According to LN found the ambulance arrived INEM to enter the BA11, but given the military have died the same eventually returned without the body (pictured on Military Road access Air Base), while VMER was demobilized when I followed the path of military unit.
Lieutenant Colonel Costa, head of the Office of Public Affairs of the Portuguese Air Force, He explained that "the FAP does not comment on any issues RT19", explaining that "as soon as there is accurate information" about something that may have occurred, "Shall be made known in due course", concluded.
The LN know that the Military Judicial Police was driven to investigate the case.
Real Thaw 2019: https://www.emfa.pt/p-471-rt19
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
