All Parties Blamed in Shooting Down of Plane
An inquiry has found that the downing of an American missionary plane over Peru was caused by an array of problems--and U.S. and Peruvian officials, as well as the plane’s pilot, share responsibility, officials said.
Peru’s air force shot down the Cessna on April 20 after a CIA-operated surveillance aircraft initially identified it as a possible drug plane. An American missionary, Veronica Bowers, 35, and her 7-month-old daughter, Charity, were killed, and pilot Kevin Donaldson, 42, was seriously injured.
The report is not expected to be released until late this week.
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