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| Venezuela passenger jet missing | Venezuela passenger jet missing |
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| The authorities in Venezuela say they fear a commercial plane with 46 people aboard has crashed. | The authorities in Venezuela say they fear a commercial plane with 46 people aboard has crashed. |
| The ATR 42-300 took off from Merida in the west of the country and was destined for the capital, Caracas. | |
| The twin-engine aircraft took off late on Thursday afternoon before losing contact with air traffic controllers. | |
| Rescue teams headed to an area in the Venezuelan Andes with peaks at 13,000 feet (4,000 meters) to search for wreckage and any survivors. | |
| The search had been temporarily called off at nightfall due to fog. | |
| National civil defence chief Antonio Rivero said there was information of a possible finding, but that the plane was still officially listed as missing. | |
| Villagers in the area reported hearing a loud noise thought to have been the crash, officials said. | |
| Merida is located in a mountainous region, 680 km (422 miles) south-west of Caracas. | Merida is located in a mountainous region, 680 km (422 miles) south-west of Caracas. |
| State psychiatrists have been assigned to help relatives waiting at the Simon Bolivar airport, near Caracas. | |
| The plane was a turboprop aircraft produced by French-Italian company ATR and operated by the local Santa Barbara airline. |