Tourist plane crashes in Peru, killing 13

The small plane was flying over the Nazca Lines ​archaeological site when it crashed, according to local reports.

At least 13 dead as tourist plane crashes during flight over Peru’s Nazca Lines

Plane crashes into field after departing from the nearby city of Ica, according to local authorities At least 13 people have died after a plane carrying tourists crashed into a field in Peru, local authorities said. Nazca’s municipal government said the plane was taking tourists on a sightseeing flight of the Nazca Lines, a group of extensive geoglyphs scraped into the desert around Nazca hundreds of years ago by Peru’s Indigenous inhabitants. The lines form images of animals that can only be...

By Associated Press

Police say 13 killed as small plane viewing Nazca Lines in Peru crashes

Those killed included 11 passengers and two pilots flying over the famous archeological site, recognised by UNESCO.

13 dead after small tourist plane crashes in Peru

The plane was taking tourists to see the Nazca Lines, a group of geoglyphs etched into the deserts of southern Peru.

Tourist plane crashes in Peru, killing 13 people on sightseeing flight

At least 13 people died when a small plane carrying tourists to view Peru’s famed Nazca Lines archaeological site crashed, police said on Saturday. “We have information that 11 passengers and two crew members have died,” Police Major Jorge Andrade told reporters from the crash site in the country’s south. The incident happened just after 1pm local time after the plane took off from the airport in Pisco, located about 240km (150 miles) south of the capital Lima. “Given the severity of the...

By Agence France-Presse