Overview
- A small sightseeing aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from Pisco around 1 p.m. on Saturday, killing all 13 people on board, emergency teams said.
- Police on the scene reported 11 passengers and two crew were killed and that firefighters were working among still-smoldering wreckage.
- Peruvian authorities and the transport ministry say 11 of the victims were foreign tourists and the dead included seven Italians, two Germans and two Spaniards, according to reporting.
- The Peruvian Civil Aviation Authority has launched a formal investigation into the cause and investigators began collecting technical evidence at the site.
- The crash has renewed scrutiny of short sightseeing flights over the Nazca lines after prior fatal accidents in 2010 and 2022 and the government has said it will support embassies and consider temporary measures at the Pisco aerodrome.