Eight dead after plane crashes in northern Bolivia: hospital

A Bolivian plane carrying 18 people crashed on Sunday while trying to land during bad weather in the north of the Andean country, killing eight passengers and injuring the others on board, the director of a local hospital told Reuters. Heavy rain was falling as the small turboprop plane operated by local airline Aerocon tried to land in Riberalta, in Beni department near the Brazilian border, according to witnesses. President Evo Morales said he had ordered "a deep investigation" into the accident and "drastic sanctions on the company." (Reporting by Daniel Ramos;



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