The Chilean Air Force published on Tuesday the list of 38 people on the crashed plane – three civilians, three from Chilean Army and the remaining 32, crew members of the Chilean Air Force.

The Chilean Air Force has contacted the families of all the personnel on the crashed aircraft before they released the list.

The Chilean Air Force promised to provide support to these families.

Chilean President Sebastián Piñera expressed his condolences on social media to the families of the 38 victims.

Because of this accident, Piñera announced he would not be able to attend the inauguration ceremony for the new Argentine President Fernandez on Tuesday.

A total of four ships and 13 aircrafts from the Chilean Air Force and the Chilean Navy participated in rescue operations in the area where the crashed Antarctic radar missed.

The Hercules C130 aircraft took off at 4:55 p.m. (1955 GMT) en route from the southern city of Punta Arenas to the Chilean Air Force base in Antarctica.

The operators lost contact with it shortly after 6:00 p.m., according to the statement.

The plane primarily carried out logistical support tasks and transferred personnel to the Antarctic base in order to inspect the base's floating fuel supply pipeline and to carry out anti-corrosive treatment of the facility.