Plane Crash in Venezuela Leaves 160 Dead
A plane carrying vacationers home to the French Caribbean island of Martinique crashed on April 16 in western Venezuela after reporting engine problems. 

A rescuer works on the crash site on Tuesday.-Xinhua/Reuters
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Crashed plane complies with security controls  (19/8 11:42)
Colombian airline West Caribbean Airways (WCA), owner of the plane that crashed Tuesday in Sierra de Perija, Venezuela, said Thursday it has complied with maintenance and security controls.

French experts to analyze Venezuelan crash black boxes  (19/8 11:39)
French Transport Minister Dominique Perben said Thursday that French technicians will help Venezuelan authorities analyze the black boxes of the McDonnell-Douglas MD-82 which crashed in northwestern Venezuela on Tuesday.

 
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