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WORLD IN BRIEF : GUATEMALA : Experts Seek Cause of Plane Accident

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From Times Staff and Wire Reports

Investigators from El Salvador, Boeing and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration joined Guatemalan experts in trying to discover what caused a Salvadoran jetliner to skid off a rain-slickened runway and plow into a Guatemala City neighborhood. TACA International Airlines Flight 510 from San Salvador to Los Angeles overran a runway on landing Monday evening. All 215 passengers and 11 crew members escaped with only minor injuries.

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