PALERMO, Sicily (Reuters) - At least 13 people were killed and 23 injured when their Tunisair charter flight crashed into the sea near Sicily on Saturday after reporting a technical fault, emergency services said.
The plane was carrying 34 Italians and five crew from Bari, in southeastern Italy, to the popular Tunisian resort island of Djerba when it encountered a "lack of engine power", according to Tuninter, the charter arm of the Tunisian airline that operated the flight.
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