Post date: Sep 13, 2010 4:3:1 PM
Plane owned by Venezuela's state-run airline Conviasa crashes, at least 23 reported to survive.
NEAR CIUDAD GUAYANA, VENEZUELA (SEPTEMBER 13, 2010) TELESUR VIA VTV - A Venezuelan plane crashed on Monday (September 13) during a domestic flight with 47 people on board and came down on property belonging to government steel maker Sidor.
Transport minister Francisco Garces said the plane was traveling between industrial city Ciudad Guayana to the Caribbean tourist island of Margarita and that rescue teams were heading for the crash site.
Local officials said at least 23 people were being treated in hospital for injuries.
The plane crashed onto property belonging to Sidor, which has a large mill and land near Ciudad Guayana.
In the last major crash in Venezuela in 2008, a plane belonging to private local airline Santa Barbara with 46 passengers on board crashed into mountains, with no survivors.