TANS 737 crash in Peru

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4178868.stm

Plane crashes in Peruvian jungle

A passenger plane has crashed in Peru's Amazon jungle, with at least  
40 of the 100 people on board known to have died.

The Tans Boeing 737-200 was on an internal flight from the capital,  
Lima, to the city of Pucallpa when it made an emergency landing  
during a storm.

At least 50 people are reported to have survived the crash, with many  
being treated in hospital.

Survivors spoke of strong turbulence moments before the crash and  
described their escape from the burning wreckage.

"The plane was jumping, stronger, stronger, and the more it came  
down, the rougher it got," one survivor, Yuri Salas, said on local  
radio station CPL.


FLIGHT TJ204
92 passengers, eight crew
11 US citizens
Two Italians
One Colombian
One Spaniard

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