Seven killed after plane touring Nazca lines crashes in Peruvian desert
Baku, February 5, AZERTAC
A light plane carrying sightseers for a tour of the Nazca lines in the Peruvian desert has crashed, killing all seven people onboard, according to The Guardian.
Local police said that the deceased included three Dutch tourists, two Chilean tourists and two Peruvian members of crew.
The plane went down near the Maria Reiche airfield in the city of Nazca, said Brig Juan Tirado, a firefighter with the 82nd Fire Company. “There are no survivors,” he said.
Aero Santos, the tour company that owns the plane, said the craft carried five tourists, a pilot and a co-pilot.
The Nazca Lines, one of Peru’s most popular tourist attractions, is a Unesco world heritage site home to hundreds of gigantic geoglyps dating back more than 2,000 years, showing figures that include a hummingbird, monkey, spider, pelican and whale.
The protected 400-square-kilometer (250-square-mile) region, which lies some 450km south of the capital, Lima, between the towns of Nazca and Palpa, is often viewed by tourists from the sky to get the best view of the huge ancient figures.
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