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Argentine soldiers die in plane crash
3/11/2006
LA PAZ, Bolivia Mar 10 (AP): An Argentine air force plane providing aid for Bolivian flood victims crashed outside of La Paz Thursday, killing all six people on board, authorities from both countries said.
The Learjet 35A was returning from the Bolivian capital to Argentina when it apparently had a mechanical failure, said Argentine air force Commodore Guillermo Lozada.
The cause of the crash will be investigated, Lozada said.
The plane crashed in Bolivia's high plains about 12 miles (20 kilometers) southeast of La Paz, Bolivia's capital, according to local Radio Fides. Witnesses said they heard a loud explosion before the plane went down.
"The plane completely disintegrated," said Col. Johnny Vera of the Bolivian armed forces.
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