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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
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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