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Images of a plane in the Brazilian Amazon after fourteen people were killed in a crash while trying to land in stormy weather in the tourist town of Barcelos, leaving no survivors. IMAGES
Santiago, Dec 11 (EFE).- The Chilean air force said Wednesday that parts of a plane that crashed en route to Antarctica with 38 people aboard were found in the water near the last known position of the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft.Bits of foam from the plane's interior were encountered by the crew of Chilean-flagged fishing vessel Antarctic Endeavour in an area 30km (19mi) south of the location of the C-130 before contact was lost, the air force said in a statement.Other pieces of wreckage were spotted by a Brazilian naval vessel assisting in the search for the C-130, the Almirante Maximiliano, in waters roughly 518km (200 nautical miles) from Ushuaia, Argentina.The Maximiliano remains in the area collecting debris in coordination with Chilean authorities, Brazil's defense ministry said. SOUND BITES: JOSE FERNANDEZ, THE GOVERNOR OF THE CHILEAN REGION OF MAGALLANES (IN SPANISH). TRANSLATION: "On the afternoon of today (Wednesday) the Air Force informed a news that shocked us, which was the findings of bodies in the Drake Passage as well as part of the fuselage that belongs to the wrecked plane, which is the C130 of the Chilean Air Force."
A plane flying from Melbourne to Australia's King Island crashed into a shopping centre in Essendon, a suburb of northern Melbourne on Tuesday, killing all five people on board, including the pilot, shortly after taking off from Melbourne's Essendon Airport around 9 AM local time on Tuesday. According to local police, The twin-engine Beechcraft B200 Super King Air is suspected to have suffered engine failure. The plane crashed into the back of a furniture store and a JB Hi-Fi store in the DFO shopping centre, leaving the parking area in flames and killing the pilot, identified as US citizen Max Quartermain, and all four passengers, who have also been identified as US citizens. Pilot Max Quartermain was the co-owner of Corporate and Leisure Aviation, the company which operated the plane. He had a perfect 38-year safety record. According to unconfirmed reports, there were no casualties on the ground. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating the incident.
A plane flying from Melbourne to Australia's King Island crashed into a shopping centre in Essendon, a suburb of northern Melbourne on Tuesday, killing all five people on board, including the pilot, shortly after taking off from Melbourne's Essendon Airport around 9 AM local time on Tuesday. According to local police, The twin-engine Beechcraft B200 Super King Air is suspected to have suffered engine failure. The plane crashed into the back of a furniture store and a JB Hi-Fi store in the DFO shopping centre, leaving the parking area in flames and killing the pilot, identified as US citizen Max Quartermain, and all four passengers, who have also been identified as US citizens. According to unconfirmed reports, there were no casualties on the ground. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating the incident.
A pilot killed when his plane crashed into a Long Island Rail Road crossing had been directed by an air traffic controller to a non-existent runway at a closed airport, an accident investigation has revealed.
The Pentagon says it did not have information supporting theories that a surface-to-air missile was used to shoot down the aircraft of Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin. Reports of a missile are "inaccurate," US Department of Defense spokesman Pat Ryder tells reporters during a briefing. SOUNDBITE