6 Dead in Plane crash in Bolivia Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
News agency Reuters leads the Air
Force declared Bolivia (FAB), said a military aircraft Beechcraft Baron B-55's
this country has crashed, killing all six people on board were killed.
FBA writes on Twitter:
"At about 13:42 pm on 2/5, the Beechcraft Baron B-55 with FAB-051 tail number crashed while repatriating Spanish citizens as part of the air force's humanitarian operations on the voyage, from Trinidad to Santa Cruz.”
According to preliminary
data, the crew reported they would return to Trinidad, the city in southeastern
Bolivia, due to an engine failure, but then the plane disappeared from radar
screens. Reportedly, the flight also carried COVID-19 test samples to
Santa Cruz.
The
accident claimed the lives of two crew members and four Spanish passengers. These
ill-fated passengers plan to go to Santa Cruz to board another plane back to
Spain.
The
Bolivian government has set up a commission to investigate this aviation
accident. It is expected that the cause of the accident report will be
available within 8 days.
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