Military plane disappears with 38 people on board in Chile

In Chile, a military plane with 38 people aboard disappeared yesterday after taking off from the south of the country for a base in Antarctica, the Chilean Air Force said.

The Air Force officials



said, in a statement issued in Santiago, a C-130 Hercules aircraft took off at 19:55 GMT from the city of Punta Arenas to the President Eduardo Frei Antarctic Base.