03 September 2011

CHILE: 4 Sept UPDATE: Search Continues After Plane Crash With 21 Aboard Near Juan Fernandez Island.

                                         BBC...with 1:46 video

      Two days of mourning have been declared over the deaths of 21 passengers from a plane crash in the Pacific near the Juan Fernandez islands.
     The military plane with 18 passengers and 3 crew went down...670 kms from Chile.
     Some wreckage and bodies have been recovered.
     Among the presumed dead...4 members of the popular national TVN show “Good Morning to All” and its host...Felipe Camiroaga, 44 (above)...and the brother-in-law of the Minister of Defense.
     The CASA 212 plane reportedly tried to land twice before losing contact.