Stocks● Neutral
Peru plane crash kills 13 tourists near Nazca Lines
A Cessna Caravan carrying 11 foreign tourists and two crew members crashed and caught fire near Nazca, Peru, killing all aboard. The flight was on a sightseeing tour over the ancient Nazca Lines. An investigation is underway.
Continue with
Thirteen people died Saturday when a small plane crashed in a field near the Peruvian city of Nazca, local authorities said. The aircraft was carrying 11 foreign tourists and two crew members on a sightseeing flight over the Nazca Lines, a Unesco World Heritage site.
The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism confirmed the nationalities of the tourists: two Germans, two Spaniards and seven Italians. The plane, a Cessna Caravan C-208 operated by Peruvian carrier Aerodiana, had taken off from Pisco Airport around 12:10 p.m. local time.
About 50 minutes later, the crew reported an emergency to the Nazca airport control tower, then lost all radio contact, the Ministry of Transport said in a statement cited by Reuters. The plane crashed in the Socos area, roughly 4 miles from Nazca and 12 miles from the Nazca Lines site.