A plane crashed and ended up upside down in a river, but three on board miraculously survived.
None of them suffered serious injuries.
The pilot, co-pilot, and the flight mechanic were successfully rescued.
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The flight mechanic suffered a slight bruise.
The Twin Otter plane collided with a sandbank as it attempted to dock in a river yesterday (18 Mar) morning,
According to preliminary information, the incident was caused because the sandbank was hidden underneath the river surface.
The pilot therefore had not spotted the sandbank, and he crashed into it with the plane – which can land on water – landing upside down.
Emergency teams were called to the scene quickly, and the flight mechanic was taken to hospital to be treated for his minor contusion, as reported by Need To Know.
People in the area by the Pastaza River, in Andoas, a village in the Loreto Region of Peru, were evacuated so that the aircraft could be recovered from the water.
The plane, which belonged to the Peruvian Air Force (FAP), carried medical materials at the time of the crash.
As part of a mission for the Pías Aéreas program, the Twin Otter aircraft was delivering medical care and humanitarian aid in hard-to-reach areas.
It was in the middle of the operation when the accident occurred.
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