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2010-02-25 19:18:55 - Vehicle Accident - Peru EDIS CODE: VI-20100225-25080-PER
Date & Time: 2010-02-25 19:18:55 [UTC]
Area: Peru, Provincia de Nazca, Nasca Lines area, Event exciting : Cessna U206F Down
Number of death person(s): 8
Damage level: Heavy (Level 3)
Affected Foreign Citizen(s)!
Not confirmed information! Description: At least eight people died this morning when a plane carrying tourists over Nasca lines, crashed near the Pan American Road. The Cessna U206F had been flying for about 17 minutes and crashed while trying to perform a aerial maneuvre. Nasca Highway Patrol informed that the accident was reported after 11am. The Cessna was the same aircraft that had to do an emergengy landing in December 2008, after flying over Nasca lines. A Cessna can carry only six passengers, but reportedly this one was carrying eight.
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Seven people, mostly tourists, were killed Thursday when a small plane crashed in southern Peru, near the famous Nazca Lines, the official Andina news agency reported, citing Nazca police. The morning accident happened during a flyover of the mysterious geoglyphs in the sand that are one of Peru's largest tourist attractions. The drawings, some of which are miles long, can best be appreciated from the sky. Three Chilean tourists, three Peruvian tourists, including a child, and the pilot were killed, Andina reported. The plane belonged to Nazca Airlines, which had not made a statement as of Thursday afternoon.
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