New elements are added to the investigation of the accidented Dhruv helicopters

Reports of the Military Accidents Investigating Boards of the last three air mishaps and the monitoring to recommendations made by the General Comptroller of the State in 2013 would be some of the new elements that the Commission of Sovereignty and International Relations of the Assembly will have to investigate the acquisition of seven Dhruv helicopters to the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) company in 2008. Of these aircraft, four suffered accidents between 2009 and this year.

In addition, the documentation that on last February 18 the Defense Minister, Fernando Cordero, ordered to declassify would be added; for example, pre-contractual and contractual purchase information; and the reports of the four crashed helicopters.

Fernando Bustamante, President of the Commission of Sovereignty (AP), indicated that the new analysis of this acquisition is an “investigationof all the investigations that has been done, a kind of investigation of the investigations;” so they will also use information that is already public.