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Old 21st Jun 2022, 11:00
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rotorfish
 
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Hansens and or Pacific Spotters

Hansens are rebadging as Pacific Spotters, using the exact same helicopters that have been described in court by the prosecuting DA as "Frankenstien Helicopters" responsible for nine deaths and 16 serious injuries.


Rafael Cruz Santos

Rafael was a highly regarded pilot with considerable experience. He had extensive active service in the El Salvador Air Force, including training with the US Military, was a graduate of the Air University at Maxwell Air Force base in Alabama, and he became the Chief Commander of the El Salvador Helicopter Squadrons. For two years was the personal Air Force pilot of the then President Burkard of El Salvador.

He joined Hansen’s and was given a newly prepared helicopter. Unbeknownst to him, the helicopter had been sold as scrap metal for $$ per kilo after a devastating accident where the occupants had to be cut free of the wreckage.

The evidence from the former owner and from the manufacturer is that the helicopter was a total loss and could not be safely repaired. Hansen’s purchased the wreckage and using other scrapped parts, constructed a helicopter, using the data plate and log books from the wreck. The description by the US Prosecutor of “Frankenstein Helicopters” is most appropriate.

Shortly after Rafael began operating the helicopter on a fish spotting contract, the helicopter plummeted from the sky, and he died as a result.

Marvin Reed, Vice President of Hansen’s has admitted in evidence that he was aware that that the helicopter in which pilot Rafael Santos died, crashed due to counterfeit parts being used

Greed + Corruption = Death
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