Military plane with 11 passengers missing in Amazonia
08:00, 30 October 2009
RIO DE JANEIRO. October 30. KAZINFORM A Brazilian military transport plane with 11 passengers on board has disappeared over the hard-to-access jungles of Amazonia, the country's Air Force said on Friday; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.
According to the Air Force's press release, the Cessna C-98 plane, carrying mostly doctors from Brazil's National Health Fund, took off on Thursday morning from an airfield in the northern state of Acre heading to the neighboring state of Amazonas, and later disappeared from radar screens.
The Air Force immediately launched a rescue operation, involving two H-60 Blackhawk helicopters and a C-105 search-and-rescue plane, but attempts to locate the missing aircraft have been unsuccessful so far; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.
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