Authorities reported a tiny plane carrying tourists on a tour of the Nazca lines in Peru’s desert crashed on Friday, killing all seven persons on board, including three Dutch and two Chilean tourists.
The jet went down near an airfield in Nazca, according to Brigadier Juan Tirado, a firefighter with the 82nd Fire Company. The lines of Nazca were not harmed in any way.
Tirado stated, “There are no survivors.”
The jet was carrying five tourists, as well as a Peruvian pilot and co-pilot, according to Aero Santos, the tour business that owns the plane.
The Nazca lines are massive etchings that were scratched on the surface of a coastal desert between 1,500 and 2,000 years ago, portraying imaginative beings, creatures, and vegetation. They are a UNESCO World Heritage Site and are thought to have had ritual astronomical functions.
