Tourist Plane Crash in Peru Kills 13
A small tourist aircraft crashed in Peru, killing all thirteen people on board, officials said. The dead included eleven passengers and two crew members. The cause of the crash was not immediately known, and an investigation was under way.
The aircraft came down in a country whose dramatic and remote terrain — from the high Andes to the Amazon basin — makes light-aircraft travel common but hazardous, with sudden weather and difficult airstrips a recurring danger. Small planes ferry tourists to sites far from Peru’s roads, and crashes, though infrequent, are often deadly. Authorities said they were working to recover the victims and establish what went wrong. Aviation regulators are likely to scrutinise the operator’s safety record. Watch for the findings of the investigation.