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| Peru helicopter with foreign nationals missing | Peru helicopter with foreign nationals missing |
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| A helicopter with foreign nationals on board has gone missing in southern Peru, police officials have said. | A helicopter with foreign nationals on board has gone missing in southern Peru, police officials have said. |
| The helicopter left the Amazon region of Madre de Dios on Wednesday evening bound for Cusco but there are no records of it having landed. | The helicopter left the Amazon region of Madre de Dios on Wednesday evening bound for Cusco but there are no records of it having landed. |
| At least 13 people - including some from South Korea and Austria - are said to be on board. | |
| Mountain rescue services are searching the area for clues to the helicopter's fate. | |
| A police patrol is also heading to the region to see if it can find signs of a possible accident. | A police patrol is also heading to the region to see if it can find signs of a possible accident. |
| "We have been informed about the disappearance of a helicopter in an area of jungle in the Cusco region and we have launched a search operation," a local police officer told Agence France Presse. | "We have been informed about the disappearance of a helicopter in an area of jungle in the Cusco region and we have launched a search operation," a local police officer told Agence France Presse. |
| The helicopter, run by Heli Cusco, reportedly disappeared in the Hualla Hualla region, AFP reports. | The helicopter, run by Heli Cusco, reportedly disappeared in the Hualla Hualla region, AFP reports. |
| The BBC's Mattia Cabitza, in the Peruvian capital, Lima, says that it is believed that the helicopter went missing in a high mountainous area that is regularly covered in clouds, which would make it difficult to locate. | The BBC's Mattia Cabitza, in the Peruvian capital, Lima, says that it is believed that the helicopter went missing in a high mountainous area that is regularly covered in clouds, which would make it difficult to locate. |
| Thousands of tourists travel to the Cusco region each year to visit Machu Picchu, a 15th Century Incan city on a mountain above the town of Aguas Caliente. | Thousands of tourists travel to the Cusco region each year to visit Machu Picchu, a 15th Century Incan city on a mountain above the town of Aguas Caliente. |