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A small plane carrying tourists to view Peru's famous Nazca Lines crashed, killing at least 13 people, including 11 passengers and 2 pilots. The crash site caught fire, complicating rescue efforts.
At least 11 people were killed when a civilian aircraft carrying a skydiving group crashed in eastern France, authorities said Sunday. The plane went down near the airport in Tomblaine, and police have cordoned off the area.
A U.S. military rescue crew in Florida described their 'quite miraculous' operation to save all 11 people from a plane crash in the Atlantic Ocean, even as they themselves had to hastily leave the scene with just five minutes of fuel remaining. The survivors — all adults from the Bahamas — had been huddled on a single life raft for about five hours, unaware that help was coming. The helicopter crew made nine lifts to bring everyone aboard, reaching 'bingo time' — the fuel cutoff — just as the last person was pulled to safety.
