The aircraft, a C-130 Hercules transport plane, veered off the runway at El Alto International Airport and crashed into an avenue, destroying multiple cars and damaging trucks, local media footage showed. Mangled parts of the aircraft were seen on the road where the plane came down. Colonel Pavel Tovar of the National Fire Department told reporters that “between 15 and 16 (dead) people have been counted” in the disaster. (Photo: Reuters)Money grab ‘a crime’Fatalities were recorded both at the airport and on the busy avenue where the plane crashed and struck several vehicles. The Ministry of Defense in a statement said that “the money transported in the crashed aircraft has no official serial number … therefore it has no legal or purchasing power”.

Source: Bangkok Post February 28, 2026 03:52 UTC