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Landslides block 1500 tourists on the Machu Pichu. Evacuated by helicopters

Lima, Peru - One person died and another ten are missing

Two landslides hit the area surrounding the Machu Pichu Inca archaeological site in the Peruvian Andes last Saturday, killing one person, an inhabitant of the nearby village of Aguas Calientes. Another ten are missing. 1500 tourists were trapped in the site because the landslides had interrupted the railway line that connects it with the town of Cuzco. Peruvian President, Alejandro Toledo, has ordered...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 61662
Rome, Italy, 04/14/2004 12:00
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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