Peruvian airline reports plane missing in jungle

Friday, January 10, 2003

LIMA, Peru -- A Peruvian airliner carrying 46 people, including eight children, disappeared Thursday amid cloud-covered mountains in the Amazon jungle. Heavy rain hampered the search effort. Peru's air force halted helicopter missions to find the plane late in the afternoon.

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