13 dead after small tourist plane crashes in Peru

Clear to partly cloudy. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph. The Nazca Lines are a popular tourist attraction in Peru A police officer stands alongside the wreckage of a small plane that crashed in Peru, killing all 13 people on board Police officers work at the scene of a plane crash in Peru A small plane carrying foreign tourists to view Peru's famed Nazca Lines archaeological site crashed Saturday, killing all 13 people on board, police said. Seven Italians, two Germans and two Spaniards were killed, along with two crew members, a spokesman for the transport ministry said. The incident occurred shortly after 1:00 pm (1800 GMT) after the Cessna 208 Caravan took off from the airport in Pisco, located about 240 kilometers (150 miles) south of the capital Lima. "We have information that 11 passengers and two crew members have died," Police Major Jorge Andrade told reporters at the crash site. "Given the severity of the accident, there are no survivors.

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