11 peacekeepers killed as UN plane hits mountain
A SURVEILLANCE plane assigned to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti crashed into a mountain last night, killing all 11 military personnel on board.
UN spokeswoman Michele Montas said the Uruguayan Casa-212 aircraft went down in rugged terrain west of Fonds-Verrettes near the border with the Dominican Republic. Rescue teams, who had to reach the area on foot as there were no roads to the spot, found no survivors.
The victims were Uruguayan and Jordanian military personnel serving with the 9,000-strong UN peacekeeping force which has been in Haiti since 2004.
The UN has recovered their bodies and launched an investigation into the accident, Ms Montas said.
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