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2008/06/27

Crash: Oceanside Updated




What: 2006 Cessna 172S four-seater based at Montgomery Field in San Diego and had initially flown to Long Beach; and apparently headed back when it crashed. The craft is registered to San Diego Flight Training International Inc., which is owned by San Diego City Council candidate Phil Thalheimer.
Where: more than a mile off of the coast of Oceanside. En route-flew from Montgomery Field in Kearny Mesa to Long Beach Airport
When: June 22. Reported at 5:11 p.m
Who: 3 Mexican citizens on board, passenger with a broken leg transported to hospital, search for the other two passengers called off at 9:00 because of heavy fog; all young pilots in training. The dead were pilot Alejandro Jimenez-Zatarain and passenger Rodrigo Navarro. The San Diego Union Tribune learned the names through Oceanside Department of Harbor and Beaches and a California Public Records Act request after authorities refused to release the information.
Why: Preliminary investigation has shown that the pilot may have been unable to get out of a spin that he had intentionally entered. Not known.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Lo lamento Jackie Zatarain, la aviacion te dio y te quito todo. La vida tarde o temprano nos cobra todas las acciones que hicimos en nuestra historia. El personal de Mx te recuerda, y aunque no se le desea a nadie, uno cosecha lo que siembra. R.I.P. lo que mas amabas.

Anonymous said...

Soy el padre del Copiloto Rodrigo Villegas Navarro que lamentablemente fue arrastrado a la muerte en compañia de Alejandro.
Nuestro hijo fue el que todo padre y madre decearia tener: Positivo,trabajador, estudioso, Respetuoso, sin vicios, amante de la naturaleza, la buena musica y comida,...Etc. Etc. Que en Paz Descansen. e-mail:rovitru@hotmail .com Atte. Rodrigo V. Trujillo

Unknown said...

Que En Paz Descancen Alejandro Y Rodrigo V. Navarro.

Atte. Sus Padres Rodrigo y Ma. de la Luz Villegas Navarro.

rovitru@hotmail.com

Anonymous said...

Fuí compañera de Alejandro Jiménez Zatarain, era buen chico, me da mucha tristeza lo que pasó apenas me enteré de que él ya no está con nosotros.

Zara

Anonymous said...

Estudié con Alex, era una persona muy respetuosa y seria, es una pena que personas tan jóvenes como él ya no esten aquí, a partir de ahora todas mis oraciones serán para el.

Rebeca

Anonymous said...

Estudié con Alex, era una persona muy respetuosa y seria, es una pena que personas tan jóvenes como él ya no esten aquí, a partir de ahora todas mis oraciones serán para el.

Rebeca

Anonymous said...

Conocí a Alex Jiménez, muy buena persona, es una profunda tristeza que ya no esté aquí, desde ahora todas mis oraciones irán hacia él.
Te recordaré siempre

Rebeca.