Chilean military plane with 38 on board disappears en route to Antarctica
A Chilean military aircraft carrying 38 passengers and crew has gone missing, losing radio contact on its way to a base in Antarctica.
The military lost contact with the plane, a C130 Hercules transport craft, on Monday evening while it was traveling to the Eduardo Frei Montalva air base in Antarctica.
17 tripulantes y 21 pasajeros: Avión de la Fach que viaja a la Antártida se encuentra inubicable https://t.co/CNUvYwMB1p
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The Chilean Air Force said it had assembled a “multidisciplinary search and rescue team” to locate the missing craft. The whereabouts and condition of those on board – of which 17 were crew members and the rest of them passengers – is not known.