Friends and family members of victims of a plane crash react at Neuquen airport, early May 19, 2011 - Reuters (File Photo)
BUENOS AIRES: A small commercial plane crashed in an isolated part of Patagonia in southern Argentina late Wednesday, killing all 22 people on board, officials said.
“We did not find anyone alive. There were no survivors. The plane is in multiple charred fragments. Everything is burnt and smashed to pieces,” said local hospital director Ismael Ali, who participated in the rescue mission.
The plane had earlier been reported missing on a flight between the southern cities of Neuquen and Comodoro Rivadavia, in Rio Negro province.
Horacio Farre, a spokesman for the private company Sol, which owned the plane, confirmed that there had been no survivors.
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