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Eighth body recovered near wreckage of US air force plane
Caguas (Puerto Rico), Aug 10: Rescuers have recovered the body of an eighth American serviceman killed when a us air force special operations plane slammed into a Puerto Rico mountainside earlier this week.
Caguas (Puerto Rico), Aug 10: Rescuers have recovered
the body of an eighth American serviceman killed when a us air
force special operations plane slammed into a Puerto Rico
mountainside earlier this week.
The body was found yesterday far down the mountainside
where the MC-130h transport plane military personnel crashed
on Wednesday night on the outskirts of Caguas, 32 km south of
San Juan. On Thursday, rescuers found seven bodies, some
charred, and parts of the fuselage. Two bodies are still
missing.
The search team also found one of the aircraft's two "black boxes," said Adolfo Menendez, commander of a national guard unit at the scene. He did not know if it was the data or voice recorder. The bulky plane was flying in rain and fog when it struck a heavily wooded area on Monte Perucho, broke in two and erupted in flames, witnesses said.
"I certainly want to extend my condolences to the families of all those killed in this accident. They died in the service of their country, giving their all to make America safer and more secure in the war against terror," US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said at the start of a Pentagon briefing yesterday.
The two missing bodies are believed to be those of servicemen in the cockpit, which took the brunt of the crash, said Rafael Guzman, the agency's executive director. Bureau Report
The search team also found one of the aircraft's two "black boxes," said Adolfo Menendez, commander of a national guard unit at the scene. He did not know if it was the data or voice recorder. The bulky plane was flying in rain and fog when it struck a heavily wooded area on Monte Perucho, broke in two and erupted in flames, witnesses said.
"I certainly want to extend my condolences to the families of all those killed in this accident. They died in the service of their country, giving their all to make America safer and more secure in the war against terror," US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said at the start of a Pentagon briefing yesterday.
The two missing bodies are believed to be those of servicemen in the cockpit, which took the brunt of the crash, said Rafael Guzman, the agency's executive director. Bureau Report