Peru light plane crash at Nazca Lines kills five tourists, two crew


FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of the Parrot Nazca Lines in the Nazca desert September 7, 2010. These ancient geoglyphs, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, are a series of enigmatic shapes and lines and stylized figures of animals etched in the desert some 2,000 years ago by the Nazca culture. . REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil/File Photo

LIMA (Reuters) - At least seven people have died after a light aircraft crashed during a flight above the Nazca Lines archaeological site in Peru, local police and the national government said on Friday.

Local police said that the deceased included three Dutch tourists, two Chilean tourists, and two Peruvian members of crew.

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