Argentina: Two Planes Collide; Eleven Killed

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WIRE:10/22/2000 20:54:00 ET Eleven killed when two plane collide in Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) _ Two small planes collided in the air Sunday in western Argentina, killing all 11 people aboard the two aircraft, including four children, officials said. It was unclear how the accident occurred over the city of Chucabuco, 125 miles west of Buenos Aires. Both pilots were well-known flight instructors, local fire chief Mario Bergaglio said. Both Piper aircraft flew out from Chacabuco Airclub, he said. They collided over the outskirts of the city, falling about 1,600 feet before crashing. No one on the ground was hurt. "The planes weren"t performing special moves but flying normally," Bergaglio said. Including the pilots, there were five people were aboard one plane and six on the other.

-- Rachel Gibson (rgibson@hotmail.com), October 23, 2000


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