Wreckage found near Los Menucos in Patagonia after all on board killed in plane crashBUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA: A plane carrying 22 people has crashed and exploded in Argentina's southern Patagonia region, killing all on board. Sol Air Lines said its Flight 5248 carrying three crew members and 19 passengers, including a baby, indicated an emergency while flying from Neuquen, near the Andes, to Comodoro Rivadavia, along the coast of Patagonia on Wednesday. The company confirmed that the wreckage was found about 15 miles (25km) south-west of the town of Los Menucos, and that firefighters and police found no one alive. "Unfortunately there are no survivors. We see burnt remains, everything burned," Ismael Ali, who directs the hospital in the nearest town of Los Menucos, told the Todo Noticias channel. Horacio Darre, a Sol spokesman in Buenos Aires, said the plane took off normally and that there was no information about the cause of the crash, which would be determined by accident investigators. Sol said it received an emergency communication from the plane at 8:50pm local time, nearly halfway into the flight. The plane crashed on the rural property of a man who drove into Los Menucos, a town of about 4,000 people, to alert authorities. The mayor, Mabel Yahuar, said the town's gymnasium would be made available to investigators and family members of those on board the plane.
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| Firefighters inspect the debris of a plane that crashed and exploded Thursday in Argentina's southern Patagonia region killing all 22 on board. |
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| Friends and family of those on board the plane gather at Neuquen airport in Argentina. Photograph: Reuters |
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