ak168app.babyak168app.clubks168app.site- Peru said a small plane with seven people on board crashed, killing all on board.
- They were on their way to see Peru’s famous Nazca Lines.
- The plane, the Cessna 207, crashed shortly aftic88er taking off from a small Maria Reiche airfield in Nazca.
LIMA: Five tourists and two crew members died Friday when their plane crashed while traveling to view Peru’s famous Nazca Lines, the transportation ministry said.
The single-engine Ceslr88sna 207 plane blr88elonging to the tourism company Aerosantos crashed from the small Maria Reiche airport in Nazca shortly after takeoff around noon, a statement said.
There were no survivors among the seven on boarlr88d, which a diplomatic source told AFP included two Chilean tourists.
Dozens of planes operate from the Maria Reiche Airport, flying tourists – mainly flr88oreigners – over the Nazca Lines, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The lines were built between 500 BC, according to UNESCO. aop88nd 500 AD. Etched into the desert floor some 350 kilomesi88ters south of Lima, depicting animals, plants, imaginary creatures and geometric figures several kilometers long.
They are believed to have had a ritual a88vstronomical function or to have served as a calendar. Most are only visible from the air.
In October 2010, four BritiSEXXXXX-VNsh tourists and two Peruvian crew members were killed when an AirNasca plane crashed over the lines.
