Peru Probes Mechanical Failure in 13-Death Nazca Tour Plane Crash
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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 3
Peru Probes Mechanical Failure in 13-Death Nazca Tour Plane Crash
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 3
Summary
Roger Valencia said the Aerodiana plane flew normally for about 50 minutes before the pilot reported an in-flight mechanical emergency and lost radio contact.
13 people died when the Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crashed and caught fire Saturday in an agricultural field near Nazca after a sightseeing flight over the UNESCO-listed Nazca Lines.
Investigators are also reviewing weekend weather because sightseeing flights had been suspended the previous day by strong Paracas winds, though Valencia said the airline was operating within regulations.
DNA, dental and anthropological tests in Ica are expected to take two to three days to identify the 11 tourists—seven Italians, two Spaniards and two Germans—whose remains were badly burned.
Peru's civil aviation and accident-investigation agencies are leading the probe, with preliminary findings due in about one month as authorities coordinate with European diplomats.