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A plane carrying 51 people crashed on Monday in eastern Venezuela, and officials said 36 survived while at least 15 were killed. The French-built ATR 42 from the state airline Conviasa crashed into a lot used by the state-run Sidor steel foundry, leaving it smashed and partly scorched fuselage among barrels and shipping containers. At least 14 people were killed and four others were missing after the crash about six miles (10 kilometres) from the eastern city of Puerto Ordaz, Bolivar state Governor Francisco Rangel Gomez told reporters.
Rangel Gomez added that emergency officials were on site within 20 minutes of the accident. One steel plant worker Oscar Crespo said he heard the thunderous noise of the impact and found the plane in flames. While he was helping some of the survivors from the wreckage in thick smoke, Crespo said, he heard some children among the passengers telling how they had looked out the windows and had seen they were "flying very low" before the crash. It was unclear what caused the crash. The plane, a twin-engine turboprop, was carrying 47 passengers and four crew members, Rangel Gomez said. He said that Conviasa Flight 2350 had taken off from Margarita Island, a Caribbean island that is one of Venezuela's top tourist destinations and crashed shortly before reaching its destination, the airport of Puerto Ordaz. The state airline, Consorcio Venezolano de Industrias Aeronauticas y Servicios Aeros SA, began operations in 2004. It says it serves destinations in Venezuela, the Caribbean, Argentina, Iran and Syria.
Rangel Gomez added that emergency officials were on site within 20 minutes of the accident. One steel plant worker Oscar Crespo said he heard the thunderous noise of the impact and found the plane in flames. While he was helping some of the survivors from the wreckage in thick smoke, Crespo said, he heard some children among the passengers telling how they had looked out the windows and had seen they were "flying very low" before the crash. It was unclear what caused the crash. The plane, a twin-engine turboprop, was carrying 47 passengers and four crew members, Rangel Gomez said. He said that Conviasa Flight 2350 had taken off from Margarita Island, a Caribbean island that is one of Venezuela's top tourist destinations and crashed shortly before reaching its destination, the airport of Puerto Ordaz. The state airline, Consorcio Venezolano de Industrias Aeronauticas y Servicios Aeros SA, began operations in 2004. It says it serves destinations in Venezuela, the Caribbean, Argentina, Iran and Syria.
Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/venezuela-plane-crashes-with-51-on-board-15-dead-51853?cp One steel plant worker Oscar Crespo said he heard the thunderous noise of the impact and found the plane in flames.
While he was helping some of the survivors from the wreckage in thick smoke, Crespo said, he heard some children among the passengers telling how they had looked out the windows and had seen they were "flying very low" before the crash.
It was unclear what caused the crash.
The plane, a twin-engine turboprop, was carrying 47 passengers and four crew members, Rangel Gomez said.
He said that Conviasa Flight 2350 had taken off from Margarita Island, a Caribbean island that is one of Venezuela's top tourist destinations and crashed shortly before reaching its destination, the airport of Puerto Ordaz.
The state airline, Consorcio Venezolano de Industrias Aeronauticas y Servicios Aeros SA, began operations in 2004.
It says it serves destinations in Venezuela, the Caribbean, Argentina, Iran and Syria.
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