More than 150 passengers on board a Bolivian-operated Boeing 727 have survived a crash landing in a swamp.
The jet, operated by Lloyd Aereo Boliviano, was heading from La Paz to the northern city of Cobija before it was diverted because of bad weather.
It crash landed about 2 miles (3.3km) short of an airport in the lowland city of Trinidad.
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A flight engineer said the engines had failed because of a mechanical fault. An investigation is under way.
Lloyd Aereo Boliviano's flights have been largely suspended for nearly a year because of debts and legal troubles.
(BBC)
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