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Body of aviation official found

Published: 3 Feb 2010

The body of Curacao national Auxencio Angelo Isenia was found at the crumbled Hotel Montana in Haiti on Tuesday.

Isenia, 55, was the safety airworthiness inspector at the Directorate of Civil Aviation Netherlands Antilles. He was one of four delegates attending a Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System board meeting and was booked at the Hotel Montana when a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit on January 12. The other three, including Trinidadian Gregory Mc Alpin, director of flight safety Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority (ECCAA), remain missing. Mc Alpin would have celebrated his 49th birthday on January 28. Still missing are Rosemond James, 49, director general ECCAA and Siegfried Francisco, 57, director of the Directorate of Civil Aviation Netherlands Antilles. According to the Greg Mc Alpin and Rosemond James Missing in Haiti fan page on Facebook, established soon after Isenia and his colleagues went missing, “It is with great sadness that I must advise you that the body of Auxencio Angelo Isenia was recovered today at the Hotel Montana. “He was 55 years old. Angelo was airworthiness safety inspector at the Directorate of Civil Aviation Netherlands Antilles.

“Please pray for his family.” The comment was posted on Monday at 11.24 pm.
The men were part of a delegation of 18 Caricom aviation officials. Director General of the T&T Civil Aviation Authority Ramesh Lutchmedial survived the earthquake. He was also booked at the hotel with the missing men. Lutchmedial, who posted a comment on the page on Monday, had said he dreamt his colleagues were found.

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