(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Two pilots, a nurse and a doctor were killed Friday after their
medical plane crashed at the airport in the southern Argentinean
city of Rio Grande, Trend reports citing Xinhua .
The plane, a Learjet 35A, plummeted to the ground shortly after
takeoff at 2:36 p.m. local time (1736 GMT), causing a large
explosion that could be heard in different parts of the city in
Tierra del Fuego Province.
The aircraft on a medical mission had carried a patient to Rio
Grande and was preparing to return to capital city Nuenos
Aires.
'The plane crashed within the grounds of the Naval Air Base,
about 1,000 meters from a populated area, leaving a large trail of
fire and smoke,' Telam reported.
An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the
accident.
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