Flying Clinic Plane Needs Rescue!

In April, a 3-ton flatbed truck full of 20 Huichol Indian religious pilgrims rolled off a 60-ft. cliff in the Sierra, flipping over and crashing to the rocks below. One person was killed instantly. At 4 p.m., Pilot Dagoberto Cirilo was told of the accident and flew to the Sierra. Arriving at 5:40 p.m., he found several badly injured Huichol with head injuries and other traumas. He flew the most severely injured to hospitals in Guadalajara, where all recovered.

In January, while preparing for takeoff from San Miguel, pilot Dagoberto got word on the radio: "Rattlesnake bite victim in Cerro needing immediate evacuation." A young Huichol Indian farmer, walking up the canyon trail from his field, had been struck by a rattlesnake on the path. He struggled to his rancho, where he then collapsed. Dagoberto flew the victim to a hospital in Guadalajara. Even though over 24 hours has passed since the snake bite, because of our flying clinic’s immediate help his life was saved.