48 die in Peru air crash, 52 survive
24/8/2005 12:00
Fifty-two people have survived the air crash of a Peruvian airliner
yesterday, and 48 others including the seven-member crew have died, the TANS
airline company said.
Meanwhile, police said that 41 bodies of the victims
have been found.
Earlier, Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo said that at
least 70 people had been killed in the crash of the Boeing 737-200 jet in heavy
storm near the Amazon city of Pucallpa, with 100 people on board.
"There were
between 20 and 30 survivors" on the jet which was on a flight between the
capital Lima and Pucallpa, Toledo was quoted by the local media as saying.
Xinhua
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