LIMA: At least 13 people died when a small plane carrying tourists to view Peru’s famed Nazca Lines archaeological site crashed, police said Saturday. “We have information that 11 passengers and two crew members have died,” Police Major Jorge Andrade told reporters from the crash site in the country’s south. The incident occurred shortly after 1:00 p.m. (1800 GMT) after the plane took off from the airport in Pisco, located about 240 kilometers (150 miles) south of the capital Lima. Small plane carrying tourists crashes in southern Peru, killing 13 people.

Thirteen people have been killed in a plane accident in Peru, after a small plane carrying tourists crashed in a field outside the city of Nazca.

LIMA: At least 13 people died when a small plane carrying tourists to view Peru’s famed Nazca Lines archaeological site crashed, police said Saturday. “We have information that 11…

The cause of the crash is currently under investigation