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Plane crash kills 2 in southeastern Venezuela

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-05-22 04:50

CARACAS, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed when a light plane crashed on Friday in the Aro River area in Guayana city of Venezuela's Bolivar state, some 700 kilometers southeast of the national capital Caracas.

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The Cesna 182 light plane belongs to the Pilotage aerial school, and it crashed around 1:30 p.m. local time after hitting an electrical cable, the state-run TV channel Venezolana de Television (VTV) said.

The report said firemen and aviation experts went to the scene for investigation.
The victims included an aviation trainee and his guide.