Military airplane carrying cash crashes in Bolivia, leaves no less than 15 useless | EUROtoday

A cargo airplane carrying cash crashed on a freeway close to Bolivia’s capital on Friday, scattering banknotes throughout the bottom and leaving no less than 15 folks useless and 30 injured, officers mentioned.

Fire Chief Pavel Tovar didn’t make clear if the fatalities had been from the plane or the dozen autos struck on the street close to La Paz’s airport.

The airplane reportedly hit automobiles in El Alto, adjoining to La Paz, earlier than coming to relaxation in a subject, as proven in social media photos.

Reports conflicted on whether or not the plane was taking off or touchdown when it crashed.

Debris from the plane, destroyed automobiles, and our bodies littered the street. According to Tovar, no less than 15 autos had been concerned. Firefighters managed to extinguish the flames engulfing the plane.

The airplane, a Hercules plane belonging to the Bolivian air pressure, was transporting new banknotes from the Central Bank to different cities and a lot of payments scattered on the bottom on the crash web site.

Images circulating on social media confirmed folks speeding to gather the payments whereas police in riot gear tried to disperse them. Authorities briefly suspended all flights to and from the terminal.

El Alto International Airport was briefly closed after the crash, Boliviana de Aviacion mentioned, noting that the plane concerned was not a part of its fleet.