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Haiti Crash Kills 11
Pictured: A CASA C-212 in Scotland outfitted as a Geophysical survey aircraft
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Contact photographer Fred SeggieWhat: United Nations Uruguayan CASA212 surveillance plane assigned to the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti
Where: rugged terrain west of Fonds-Verrettes near the Haiti-Dominican Republic border.
When: Friday 10/10/2009
Who: 11 on board
Why: The UN plane carrying 11 passengers crashed. The rescue team confirms that all passengers died in the crash. Search teams are hiking into the area.The plane went down on “mountainous farmland” near Pays-Pourri village in Ganthier district, east of Port-au-Prince. The plane crashed into a mountain.
The victims are Uruguayan and Jordanian military personnel. The Brazilian-led UN mission has been deployed since mid-2004.
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