Argentina plane crash kills 22

Source: The Guardian/AP

A plane carrying 22 people has crashed and exploded in Argentina's southern Patagonia region, killing all on board.

Sol Air Lines said its Flight 5248 carrying three crew members and 19 passengers, including a baby, indicated an emergency while flying from Neuquen, near the Andes, to Comodoro Rivadavia, along the coast of Patagonia on Wednesday. The company confirmed that the wreckage was found about 15 miles (25km) south-west of the town of Los Menucos, and that firefighters and police found no one alive.

"Unfortunately there are no survivors. We see burnt remains, everything burned," Ismael Ali, who directs the hospital in the nearest town of Los Menucos, told the Todo Noticias channel.

Horacio Darre, a Sol spokesman in Buenos Aires, said the plane took off normally and that there was no information about the cause of the crash, which would be determined by accident investigators.

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very tragic for all involved...