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  • Passenger Plane Carrying 160 People Crashes in Venezuela

    08/16/2005 12:13:29 PM PDT · by Paleo Conservative · 21 replies · 726+ views
    Tge New York Times ^ | August 16, 2005 | BRIAN ELLSWORTH and JUAN FORERO
    CARACAS, Venezuela, Aug. 16 -- An airliner carrying 160 passengers and crew members crashed into a mountain in northern Venezuela early today after reporting engine trouble, killing all aboard, aviation authorities said. The plane, an MD-82 made by McDonnell Douglas and operated by West Caribbean Airways of Colombia, was carrying French vacationers to Martinique from Panama when the pilots reported engine problems to Venezuelan air-traffic controllers at 3:07 a.m., the authorities in Venezuela said. Ten minutes later, the controllers lost radio contact. The plane crashed in the Sierra de Perija mountain range just inside Venezuela's rugged northwestern border with...