Plane crash in Mexico kills 16 tourists, 3 crew

Friday, September 14, 2001

MERIDA, Mexico -- Sixteen Seattle-area tourists on a Caribbean cruise died during a side trip to visit Mayan ruins when their plane crashed in the eastern Mexican state of Yucatan. Three Mexican crew members also died.

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