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Small Paraguay Plane Kills Three during Emergency Landing

A small plane making an emergency landing in Paraguay crashed into a motorbike, killing three people while the pilot survived and fled, police said Wednesday.

The tragedy took place on a local road 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of the city of Pedro Juan Caballero, Amambay department, on the border with Brazil, police said.

The dead were a young woman, 19; her two-year-old child; and another adult woman, police said, adding that the pilot survived and was being sought. 

The small plane had an expired operating license, they added.

Source: Agence France Presse


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