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29 March 2024

At least 23 survivors in Venezuela plane crash

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By AP

A plane carrying at least 47 people has crashed shortly after takeoff in eastern Venezuela, and an official says that at least 23 people survived.

The plane from the state airline Conviasa crashed about 10km from the eastern city of Puerto Ordaz at about 10am on Monday, Transportation Minister Francisco Garces told state television. He said the plane went down on the property of the state-run Sidor steel foundry.
 
Rescue workers were tending to injured victims, and at least 23 survivors were taken to hospitals, Bolivar state Gov. Francisco Rangel Gomez told the Venezuela-based television network Telesur.
 
Forty-three passengers and four crew members were aboard when the plane took off, Garces said.