Bolivian plane crash kills eight, injures ten others on board

Posted on November 5, 2013 • Filed under: Latin America, Tourists Injured, Tourists Killed, Travel Aviation

Nation.com.pk reports that a Bolivian plane carrying 18 people crashed on Sunday while trying to land during bad weather in the north of the Andean country, killing eight passengers and injuring the others on board, the director of a local hospital told Reuters. Heavy rain was falling as the small turboprop plane operated by local airline Aerocon tried to land in Riberalta, in Beni department near the Brazilian border, according to witnesses.
The plane took off from Trinidad, Beni’s capital, Aerocon said earlier on Sunday, without providing a death toll. Read article

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