Peru: Another Tourist Plane Crashes in Nazca

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | October 6th, 2010 | Trackback

A tourist aircraft crashed in Nazca on a flight to view the Nazca Lines, killing all six aboard: four British tourists and the Peruvian pilot and co-pilot. The crash was the latest in a series of disasters with the popular flight tours. In February, six South American tourists and their pilot died in a crash, and five French tourists died in a similar incident in April 2008. With each crash, allegations are repeated that the aging planes that fly the tourists receive inadequate maintenance, but the tours continue because the Nazca Lines are famous and can only be truly appreciated from the air, and the local tour companies need the business. The government intervened after the February crash to place stricter safety regulations on the air services, but more may need to be done.

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