13 dead as tourist plane crashes near Peru’s Nazca Lines

The Hindu · 🇮🇳 public India · Aug 02, 2026 · 221 words · By Authors; Contributors

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What to know about 13 dead as tourist plane crashes near Peru’s Nazca Lines

A plane carrying European tourists to view the famed Nazca Lines crashed into a field outside the Peruvian city of Nazca, killing 13 people, local authorities said.

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What happened

A plane carrying European tourists to view the famed Nazca Lines crashed into a field outside the Peruvian city of Nazca, killing 13 people, local authorities said.

Why it matters

Nazca’s municipal government said the plane departed from the nearby city of Ica on Saturday and was operated by Peruvian company Aerodiana.

Common ground

On its website, the airline said that it has offered scenic flights over the Nazca lines for the past 14 years using Cessna Grand Caravan planes.

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What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: 13 dead as tourist plane crashes near Peru’s Nazca Lines?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that The other two fatalities were the pilot Américo Salazar and copilot Irenka Guanilo del Carpio?
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Claim 1: “The other two fatalities were the pilot Américo Salazar and copilot Irenka Guanilo del Carpio”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the names of the pilot and copilot.

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Claim 2: “Among the dead were seven Italian citizens between the ages of 18 and 54, two 52-year-old Spaniards and two Germans of 77 and 78 years”

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Three independent news sources (Al Jazeera, KRMG, Daily Star) all cite the Peruvian Transportation Ministry providing the exact breakdown of nationalities and ages of the deceased.

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web search NEUTRAL — Peru’s Transportation Ministry said the dead included seven Italian citizens between the ages of 18 and 54, two 52-year-old Spaniards, and two Germans aged 77 and 78.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/1/police-say-13-killed…

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web search NEUTRAL — Among the dead were seven Italian citizens between the ages of 18 and 54, two 52-year-old Spaniards and two Germans of 77 and 78 years, Peru's Transportation Ministry said.
https://krmg.com/2026/08/01/plane-carrying-european-tourists…

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web search NEUTRAL — Among the dead were seven Italian citizens between the ages of 18 and 54, two 52-year-old Spaniards and two Germans aged 77 and 78, Peru’s Transportation Ministry said.
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-peru-pl…

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Claim 3: “Nazca’s municipal government said the plane departed from the nearby city of Ica on Saturday”

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Multiple sources, including news reports and a Wikipedia entry for the specific crash, confirm the plane departed from the Ica region (specifically Pisco) on a Saturday.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 1 August 2026, an Aerodiana Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crashed near Nazca, Department of Ica, Peru, while performing a sightseeing flight over the Nazca Lines; the aircraft departed from Capitán FAP…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Aerodiana_Cessna_208_cras…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The presidency of Dina Boluarte began with her inauguration as the president of Peru on 7 December 2022, immediately following the removal of Pedro Castillo from office in the aftermath of his attempt…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Dina_Boluarte

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web search NEUTRAL — Nazca's municipal government said the plane departed from the nearby city of Ica and was operated by Peruvian company Aerodiana. On its website, the airline said that it has offered scenic flights ove…
https://www.ksat.com/news/2026/08/01/plane-carrying-european…

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Claim 4: “President Keiko Fujimori expressed regret over the accident”

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The claim identifies Keiko Fujimori as the President of Peru. However, multiple cross-references and Wikipedia state she is a candidate who has 'tried and failed to reach the presidency three times' and that the current president is Dina Boluarte.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — She is the daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori, who ruled Peru between 1990 and 2000
https://www.dw.com/en/fujimori-or-sanchez-peru-vote-marks-10…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — The right-wing Keiko Fujimori, daughter of the late former president, Alberto Fujimori, is running for a fourth time against left-wing Roberto Sánchez.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9d21184e7yo?at_medium=RSS…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — is making her fourth bid for the presidency
https://www.france24.com/en/peru-votes-for-its-ninth-preside…

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Claim 5: “the airline said that it has offered scenic flights over the Nazca lines for the past 14 years using Cessna Grand Caravan planes”

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Multiple news sources (The Mirror, other web results) report that the airline's website states they have offered these flights for 14 years using Cessna Grand Caravans.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list meet this list's size criteria—passenger ai…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incident…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This list of missing aircraft includes aircraft that have disappeared and whose locations are unknown. According to Annex 13 of the International Civil Aviation Organization, an aircraft is considered…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_missing_aircraft

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Claim 6: “Peruvian authorities said the accident is under investigation”

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Multiple sources (Al Jazeera, Malay Mail) confirm that Peruvian authorities are investigating the accident.

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web search NEUTRAL — Peruvian authorities said the crash is under investigation.The Nazca Lines are located in the desert near the country’s southern coastal regions, along the Andean mountain range.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/1/police-say-13-killed…

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web search NEUTRAL — Nazca’s municipal government said the plane departed from the nearby city of Ica and was operated by Peruvian company Aerodiana. On its website, the airline said that it has offered scenic flights ove…
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/08/01/plane-carrying-touris…

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web search NEUTRAL — Peruvian authorities are investigating the fatal crash of a Cessna 208 Caravan aircraft carrying tourists to see the Nazca Lines, which resulted in the deaths of 13 individuals, including tourists fro…
https://www.malaymail.com/news/world/2026/08/03/mechanical-w…

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Claim 7: “The Nazca Lines are a group of extensive geoglyphs scraped into the desert around Nazca hundreds of years ago by Peru’s Indigenous inhabitants”

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Wikipedia and multiple other sources confirm the Nazca Lines are geoglyphs created by indigenous inhabitants of Peru hundreds of years ago.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Nazca lines (, ) are a group of geoglyphs made in the soil of the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. They were created between 500 BC and 500 AD by people making depressions or shallow incisions in th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazca_lines

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Maria Reiche Grosse-Neumann (15 May 1903 – 8 June 1998) was a German-born Peruvian mathematician, archaeologist, and technical translator. She is known for her research into the Nazca Lines, which she…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Reiche

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nazca (; sometimes spelled Nasca; possibly from Quechua: nanasqa, lit. 'hurt') is a city and system of valleys on the southern coast of Peru. The city of Nazca is the largest in the Nazca Province. Th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazca

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Claim 8: “the plane... was operated by Peruvian company Aerodiana”

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Wikipedia explicitly identifies the aircraft as an Aerodiana Cessna 208B Grand Caravan.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera Airport (IATA: PIO, ICAO: SPSO) is an airport serving Pisco, an oceanside city in the Ica Region of Peru. It is used by the Peruvian Army, but it can be also used b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitán_FAP_Renán_Elías_Oliver…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (IATA: NZC, ICAO: SPZA) is a small airport serving Nazca, in the Ica Region of Peru. The airport is named after Maria Reiche, a principal researcher and proponent of t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Reiche_Neuman_Airport

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Claim 9: “A plane carrying European tourists to view the famed Nazca Lines crashed into a field outside the Peruvian city of Nazca, killing 13 people”

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Multiple independent news sources (Google News, Al Jazeera, YouTube news report) and Wikipedia confirm a plane carrying tourists crashed near the Nazca Lines, killing 13 people.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Peruvian architecture is the architecture carried out during any time in what is now Peru, and by Peruvian architects worldwide. Its diversity and long history spans from ancient Peru, the Inca Empire…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture_of_Peru

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