This article from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by psa188@juno.com. Plane With 42 Passengers Missing in Peru January 9, 2003 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 11:58 a.m. ET LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Peru's air force was searching for a plane carrying 42 passengers that disappeared while flying over Peru's Amazon jungle Thursday. Tans Airline flight 1396 was three minutes from landing at an airport of Chachapoyas, a city located in jungle-covered mountains 400 miles (645 kilometers) north of Lima, when radio contact was lost with the plane, Tans spokesman Jorge Belevan said. ``That is when we lost contact with the plane, and we don't have more information,'' he said. Belevan said the air force was searching for the plane, a Fokker 28. He said it had sufficient fuel and may have landed at an alternative airport. He said flying conditions were good but that the weather in the jungle could change abruptly. The plane was flying from the coastal city of Chiclayo, 410 miles (660 kilometers) northwest of Lima, he said. Congressman Walter Alejos said he had been told by Defense Minister Aurelio Loret de Mola that military helicopters had joined the search. Chachapoyas is close to ancient Indian ruins and is visited by foreign tourists. But no information was available on the identity or nationality of the plane's passengers. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Peru-Missing-Plane.html?ex=1043132989&ei=1&en=c091498f5d576f6d HOW TO ADVERTISE --------------------------------- For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters or other creative advertising opportunities with The New York Times on the Web, please contact onlinesales@nytimes.com or visit our online media kit at http://www.nytimes.com/adinfo For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help@nytimes.com. Copyright 2002 The New York Times Company