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Article: 13 killed in Papua New Guinea plane crash
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- August 12, 2009
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Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says all 13 people on board a chartered plane that crashed en route to a tourist region of Papua New Guinea are dead.
Rudd told parliament Wednesday that Papua New Guinea officials informed Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith that no survivors were found in the wreckage discovered earlier in the day.
The plane went down Tuesday morning in bad weather on approach to an airport nestled in the rugged Kokoda region. Nine Australians, one Japanese and three Papua New Guineans were on board.
Papua New Guinea Civil Aviation Authority head Joseph Kintau told The Associated Press the plane was located in "extremely difficult" ...