Santo Domingo Aircraft Crash Kills All 9 Aboard

A chartered jet certain for Miami crashed minutes after takeoff on Wednesday evening within the Dominican Republic, killing all 9 individuals on board, together with a distinguished Puerto Rican music producer and members of his household.

The Gulfstream IV-Sp jet crashed whereas making an attempt an emergency touchdown on the Worldwide Airport of the Americas in Santo Domingo, the capital, officers advised reporters.

The operator of the airplane, Helidosa Aviation Group, recognized one of many victims as José Ángel Hernández. Music trade information retailers and Spanish-language information media recognized him because the Puerto Rican music producer often known as Circulate La Film.

Helidosa mentioned in an announcement that the opposite passengers killed had been Debbie Von Marie Jiménez García, Jayden Hernández, Kellyan Hernández Pena, Yeilianys Jeishlimar Meléndez Jiménez, Jassiel Yabdiel Silva and Veronica Estrella. Two crew members, Luis Alberto Eljuri and Victor Emilio Herrera, had been additionally among the many useless, the airplane operator mentioned.

Music trade information retailers recognized Ms. Jiménez García because the 38-year-old producer’s spouse, and mentioned that their baby had been killed within the crash.

Folks Journal and a few native information retailers reported that Ms. Estrella’s uncle was Eduardo Estrella, the president of the Dominican Republic’s senate.

The airplane firm mentioned that one of many seven passengers had Dominican nationality and that the others had been foreigners.

Mr. Hernández was finest identified for producing “Te Boté,” a track that grew to become a success on Latin radio in the US three years in the past.

His manufacturing firm didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. Representatives for Helidosa and Mr. Estrella’s workplace additionally couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.

Ricardo Montaner, an Argentine-Venezuelan pop singer, and Margarita Cedeño, a former vice chairman of the Dominican Republic, had been among the many public figures throughout Latin America who mourned the tragedy on Wednesday evening.

“Peace to their souls and energy to their household,” Ms. Cedeño wrote on Twitter.