7 killed when plane on Nazca lines tour crashes in Peru

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Authorities in Peru say a light plane carrying sightseers for a tour of the Nazca lines in the Peruvian desert crashed Friday, killing all seven people aboard, including three Dutch and two Chilean tourists. Brigadier Juan Tirado, a firefighter with the 82nd Fire Company in Nazca, said the plane went down near an airfield in the city. The Nazca lines themselves were not damaged. Tour company Aero Santos said the craft carried the five tourists, and a Peruvian pilot and co-pilot. The Nazca lines are huge etchings depicting imaginary figures, creatures and plants that were scratched on the surface of a coastal desert between 1,500 and 2,000 years ago.