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A passenger plane has crashed during a severe storm in Peru's north-eastern jungle, killing at least 40 people.
Peruvian airline TANS said its Boeing 737-200 plane with 100 people aboard made an emergency landing without its landing gear in swampland 1.8 miles from the remote Pucallpa airport, 490 miles north-east of Lima.
"There are 40 cadavers that rescue teams have pulled from the wreckage. There could be more deaths. We assume some 60 people in total since we've rescued 20 injured persons," said a police officer in Pucallpa.
There were a number of foreigners among the dead, said police spokesman David Mori.
"There were Americans on the flight and one was killed along with an Italian. We have also counted an injured Colombian, an Australian and a Spanish woman," he added.
TANS executive Jorge Belevan said that 92 passengers and eight crew, including the pilots, were on board the plane, which left Lima for Pucallpa en route to Iquitos, in the northern jungle near the Colombian and Brazilian borders.
"The plane was about to land in Pucallpa ... but it was caught in a crosswind. ... It did not crash, it was an emergency landing," Mr Belevan said.
He added that the aircraft was built in 1983 and TANS had recently rented it from a South African company.
Police and survivors said many passengers had suffered severe burns and broken limbs and were being treated in Pucallpa hospital
