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Aircraft accident in Laos: casualties are 49
Pakse, Laos - The airplane is still sunk in the middle of the Mekong river, no hope of finding survivors
The death toll of the accident which yesterday, Wednesday 16 October 2013, involved an ATR-72 aircraft (AVIONEWS), has now reached 49. The airplane, registration code RDPL-34233, apparently crashed on the ground, then skidded into the Mekong river, and eventually sank: this is creating great trobules for the rescue operations of the teams which are on site. "So far eight bodies have been found....
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1155880
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency