US EditionAt Least 22 Dead After Bolivian Military Plane Carrying Banknotes Crashes In El Alto
The crash scattered $62 million in unissued banknotes, prompting looting and arrests while killing 22 and injuring 37 amid severe weather and high-altitude challenges.
- During heavy hail and lightning at El Alto, a Bolivian Air Force C-130 overshot the runway, scattering unissued banknotes and killing at least 22.
- At over 4,000 meters, thin air reduces engine and braking performance, and Bolivia's Aeronautical Accident Investigation Board classified the accident as a runway excursion amid February wet season hail.
- When the fuselage tore open, unissued 2018-series banknotes scattered and crowds surged into the wreckage, forcing police and rescue teams to use tear gas and water hoses while arresting a dozen looters and condemning attacks on journalists by Bolivia's National Association of Journalists.
- Investigators recovered the cockpit voice recorder but must send it abroad for analysis, authorities burned banknotes with Central Bank President David Espinoza present, and looters later returned to the wreckage.
- The accident exposed infrastructure gaps and poverty-driven risks, as eight crew members aboard included one dead and seven seriously injured, while civilians on Costanera Avenue included four children.
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In Bolivia, Confusion and Rush to Banks Due to Cancellation of Stolen Tickets After a Plane Accident
The Central Bank of the Andean country has cancelled the millions of tickets carried by the aircraft, which belonged to a series containing the letter B. The shops have stopped accepting the notes containing this letter, although from older lots, for fear that they will be worthless.
A judge from El Alto, Bolivia, decided on Monday to send 19 people to prison preventively who collected money that was scattered in the street after the plane that was transporting it to the Central Bank crashed, as it left the airstrip. The accident that occurred last Friday has left 24 dead and about 30 injured. In the second of the three days of mourning decreed by the president, Rodrigo Paz, the virtual hearing of precautionary measures was …
At Least 22 Dead After Bolivian Military Plane Carrying Banknotes Crashes In El Alto
by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Chief International Correspondent EL ALTO, BOLIVIA (Worthy News) – A tense calm has returned to Bolivia’s western city of El Alto after riot police pushed back crowds trying to reach an airplane carrying banknotes that crashed late Friday, killing at least 22 people. Authorities said the Bolivian Air Force cargo plane went down at about 18:15 local time as it was arriving at El Alto International Airport from the ea…
An image with Unitel’s graphic line states that the crash plane in El Alto was carrying money from the president’s family. However, the media did not publish that content and the cargo was destined for the Central Bank of Bolivia. In WhatsApp groups, an image circulates with the graphic line of the Unitel media that claims that the crash plane in the city of El Alto, on Friday, February 27, was transporting money from President Rodrigo Paz’s fam…
A Military Plane, a Busy Road, and $62M Raining From the Sky in Bolivia
Key Points — A 49-year-old Bolivian Air Force C-130 Hercules overshot the runway at El Alto, one of the world’s highest airports, killing 22 and injuring more than 37 — The plane carried eight tons of unissued banknotes worth $62 million for the Central Bank, which scattered across a crowded avenue on impact — Crowds […]
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