3 May, 2020 @ 12:47
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Four Spaniards killed after repatriation flight crashes

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TRAGIC: Repatriation flight crashes in Bolivia, killing all onboard

FOUR Spaniards have died in a plane crash while being repatriated from Bolivia amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Two soldiers were also killed when the flight crashed near Trinidad (Bolivia) yesterday.

Plane Crash
TRAGIC: Repatriation flight crashes in Bolivia, killing all onboard (CREDIT: Twitter)

According to the Bolivian Air Force, the small plane was travelling to the city of Santa Cruz.

“The aircraft crashed while transporting Spanish citizens for repatriation and samples of COVID-19 on the Trinidad-Santa Cruz route,” it said in a statement.

“Unfortunately, all the crew on board lost their lives.”

Five of the passengers were killed upon impact while another died en route to hospital, reported the Bolivian News Agency.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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