San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia .- The two MI-171SH helicopters, with Bambi Bucket system, from the Peruvian Air Force, arrived on Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at the airport of the municipality of San Ignacio de Velasco, in the department Santa Cruz, to join the fire mitigation work that affects Chiquitania. The 14 crew members of the two aircraft were received first by authorities of the Armed Forces and later by President Evo Morales, who met with the Peruvian military to inform them of the operations and to plan the immediate mitigation tasks. The two MI-171SH have a carrying capacity of 3,500 liters of water, each, and they first arrived in the city of Trinidad (Beni) to refuel and join the aerial work in Chiquitania. (ABI) *** BEST QUALLITY AVAILABLE ***

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