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The Gulfstream GIVSP which crashed at Las
Americas Airport had left for Miami with two crew members and
seven passengers, one of whom was Dominican and the rest of
other nationalities, said the airplane's operator, Helidosa
Aviation Group.
"For Helidosa, this accident causes us great pain and sadness,"
the company said in a statement, without identifying the cause
of the accident.
Among the passengers Helidosa listed were Jose Angel Hernandez
and Debbie Von Marie Jimenez.
Hernandez was a music producer popularly known as Flow La Movie,
while Jimenez was the producer's wife, according to Dominican
newspaper Listin Diario and music magazine Billboard.
Helidosa also named Jayden Hernandez among the victims, who
Listin Diario and Billboard said was Hernandez' son.
The flight took off at 5:09 p.m. and crashed 16 minutes later,
according to a statement from airport operator Aerodom.
The plane crashed just outside the airport's perimeter and
declared an emergency just prior to attempting to land, the
statement noted, without providing further details.
The Dominican Republic's aviation accident commission is leading
an investigation into the crash, the statement added.
(Reporting by Ezequiel Abiu Lopez; Editing by Cynthia Osterman
and Stephen Coates)
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