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Colombia Plane Crashes, No Survivors

by VOA News

   An airplane crash in Colombia has killed all 12 people aboard the
   aircraft.

   "Unfortunately... there were no survivors," Colombia's civil aviation
   authority said.

   The Laser Aero flight made a distress call before the crash Saturday
   morning, officials said.

   The flight originated in San Jose del Guaviare and was headed for
   Villavicencio.

   Authorities said the remains of the plane, a DC-3, were found near
   Villavicencio.