Residents walk past the crash site of a small plane in Nazca, Peru, Friday on Feb 4, 2022.
Highlights
- A light plane carrying sightseers for a tour of Nazca lines in Peruvian desert crashed on Feb 4
- The incident killed all seven people aboard, including 3 Dutch and 2 Chilean tourists
- The plane went down near an airfield in the city, said a firefighter with 82nd Fire Company in Nazca
A light plane carrying sightseers for a tour of the Nazca lines in the Peruvian desert crashed Friday, killing all seven people aboard, including three Dutch and two Chilean tourists, authorities said.
Brigadier Juan Tirado, a firefighter with the 82nd Fire Company in Nazca, said the plane went down near an airfield in the city. The Nazca lines themselves were not damaged.
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“There are no survivors,” said Tirado.
Aero Santos, the tour company that owns the plane, said the craft carried the five tourists, and a Peruvian pilot and co-pilot.
The Nazca lines are huge etchings depicting imaginary figures, creatures and plants that were scratched on the surface of a coastal desert between 1,500 and 2,000 years ago. They are believed to have had ritual astronomical purposes and are recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
