Small Airplane Accident in Chile Kills 9 Persons.
July 10, 2008 – 9:01 pmSANTIAGO (Xinhua): A small airplane crashed Thursday in the south of Chile shortly after it took off from La Paloma airport in Puerto Montt, capital of the region of Los Lagos, 990 km south of Santiago, killing nine persons, authorities said. The Beechcraft 99A aircraft took off from La Paloma airport at 10:20 a.m. local time (1420 GTM) on route to Melinka island but it fell down near the airport at 10:30 a.m. local time (1430 GTM), near a residential sector…