12 killed in mid-air crash

Lima - Two small tourist aircraft collided in midair on Saturday, killing all 12 people aboard, including five Germans and an…

Lima - Two small tourist aircraft collided in midair on Saturday, killing all 12 people aboard, including five Germans and an Italian family of two adults and three children, Peruvian authorities said.

The twin-engine Cessnas were circling over the mysterious pre-Inca line drawings of Nasca when one plane suddenly plunged downwards and smashed into the other's fuselage.

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