Getting your player ready...
MERIDA, Venezuela — Investigators began retrieving the bodies of 46 people who died in a plane crash in the Venezuelan Andes, as victims’ relatives mourned their loved ones during a Sunday Mass.
Forensics experts brought six body bags containing victims’ remains down from the crash site, located on a steep slope 13,500 feet above sea level, Venezuelan Civil Aviation director Gen. Ramon Vinas said.
The twin-engine ATR42-300 crashed and burst into flames Thursday in the Sierra La Culata National Park, shortly after taking off from the Andean city of Merida on a flight to Caracas. Three crew members and 43 passengers were aboard.
