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| Ecuadorian army plane crashes in jungle killing all 22 people on board | Ecuadorian army plane crashes in jungle killing all 22 people on board |
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| An Ecuadorian army plane crashed in the jungle killing all 22 people on board, the country’s President Rafael Correa has said. | An Ecuadorian army plane crashed in the jungle killing all 22 people on board, the country’s President Rafael Correa has said. |
| "There are no survivors," Mr Correa wrote on Twitter, several minutes after first posting news of the crash. | "There are no survivors," Mr Correa wrote on Twitter, several minutes after first posting news of the crash. |
| He said the plane was carrying 19 paratroopers, two pilots and a mechanic, when the aircraft went down in the Pastaza province of the country’s Amazon region. | He said the plane was carrying 19 paratroopers, two pilots and a mechanic, when the aircraft went down in the Pastaza province of the country’s Amazon region. |
| Defence Minister Ricardo Patino said he was on his way to the scene. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear. | |
| Reuters | Reuters |