MercoPress, en Español

Montevideo, December 23rd 2024 - 15:48 UTC

Stories for February 25th 2001

  • Sunday, February 25th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

    Intrepid argentine pilot faces three charges.

    49 year old Martin Rappallini who, earlier this year, became the first Argentine pilot to land an aircraft at Port Stanley Airport since 1982, has been hit by 3 charges which have been filed against him. He landed his Piper Aerostar aircraft on an historic flight on January 12th this year despite the fact that he had not received a response from the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs to his request for permission to undertake the flight to the Islands directly from Argentina.