Evening News: Juan Fernandez pilot background and leading women in Chile

Juan Fernandez pilot known for bad results in flying school

The award winner Cecilia Morel (photo: Gabinete Primera Dama)

Lieutenant Juan Pablo Mallea, who was at the controls of the CASA 212 plane that crashed in Juan Fernández, had several notations in his flying school’s file, listing him as a bad student. The document mentiones cases of “immaturity” and ”lack of confidence” as well as ”poor performance in the classroom.” In his training for a CASA C-212 model aircraft, the exact type that crashed in Juan Fernandez, Lieutenant Mallea’s performance was described as being “odd.”

Minister of Defense, Andres Allamand, said that he “[does] not think it is possible to disqualify a person simply because he, at some point in his training, did not pass a subject.”

Cecilia Morel ranked first of the 100 most important women in Chile

First Lady Cecilia Morel has been elected the most important woman in Chile in an election held by the El Mercurio newspaper. Over 16,000 women voted on the leading female  in Chile. A deciding jury was then formed out of prominent executives, entrepreneurs, government officials, journalists and important social and cultural personalities. The award has existed since 2002 and is bestowed annually. Morel vistited the office of El Mercurio with President Sebastian Piñera, where both of them congratulated the other award winners.

Universidad de Chile facing Vasco da Gama this evening

At 8:50 p.m. tonight, the Universidad de Chile soccer team will face Vasco da Gama from Brazil in the deciding match on which team will participate in the Copa Sudamericana finals this season. The match is going to be played in the Estadio Santa Laura in Santiago, Chile. After the Chilean team already reached a 1-1 draw in Brazil, an advance to the next round seems to be very possible.