Small plane crash kills seven people in southern Chile

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Seven people died in a Piper Navajo light aircraft crash in a mountainous area in southern Chile.

The Chilean Civil Aviation Authority confirmed that the wreckage of the plane, which disappeared from radar on Friday, has been found. The pilot and six passengers were killed.

The plane belonged to the local company Transportes Aéreos San Rafael and was en route from Coyhaique to the town of Chile Chico, near the border with Argentina in the southern part of the country.

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