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Six Ecuadorian soldiers killed in Cessna accident

Quito, Ecuador - Still unknown the cause of the crash

Six Ecuadorian Army soldiers were killed yesterday in an accident involving the Cessna 206 aircraft on which they were flying. A spokesman for the country's armed forces said that the crash happened about 135 km south-east of the capital, Quito, without supplying any further detail. According to the first reports, the accident would have happened while the airplane was landing at Shell Mera Rio...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1113241
Rome, Italy, 01/07/2010 12:19
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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