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Plane crash over Venezuela kills all 160 on board

Published August 17th, 2005 - 10:13 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

A plane flying from Panama to Martinique crashed over Venezuela on Tuesday killing all 160 passengers on board. 


The crash was the second air disaster for the Colombia-based airline this year, and considered the worst in Martinique's history, according to <i>Reuters</i>.


The small Caribbean island, a French possession, has only 430,000 inhabitants.


Most of the passengers were local government officials in Martinique who had been on vacation with their families.

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