A small plane carrying tourists has crashed in Peru, killing all 13 people on board, according to local news reports and Peruvian officials. The aircraft went down on Saturday while flying over the Nazca Lines archaeological site, with 11 passengers and two pilots on board.
The cause of the crash and the identity of the passengers is not yet clear. The Nazca Lines is a popular tourist attraction and UNESCO World Heritage site in southern Peru that features ancient drawings in desert sand.
When did the crash happen?
The crash happened around 13:00 local time (19:00 BST) in the Pueblo Viejo region after the plane departed from an airport in Pisco, Peru.
"Given the severity of the accident, there are no survivors. We have recovered four bodies so far," Police Major Jorge Andrade said, according to AFP.
Has this happened before?
This isn't the first plane to crash over the famed site in the last few decades. In 2022, another small tourist plane crashed during a flight over the Nazca Lines site, killing seven on board. In 2010, a tourist plane went down over the site, killing six people on board.
Image of gigantic geoglyphs, known as the Nazca lines, built by people belonging to the Nazca culture, around 1600 years ago in Nazca, Peru
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