WORLD IN BRIEF : BRAZIL : Plane Crashes Short of Runway; 22 Die
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A Brazilian airliner with 41 people aboard crashed about a mile short of the runway in the Amazon Basin city of Altamira, killing at least 22 people, including the pilot and co-pilot. A TABA airline spokesman said the Fokker turboprop did not explode on impact, and there was no fire. Soldiers from a local army base pulled survivors from the wreckage. The plane was on a flight from the port of Belem to Cuiaba. Investigators were trying to determine the cause of the crash.
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