Brazil rescue planes find wreckage of airliner

Saturday, September 30, 2006, 19:06 [IST]

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Sept 30: Rescue planes today found the wreckage of a Brazilian passenger jet that disappeared the previous day with 155 people aboard over the Amazon jungle, Brazil's airport authority said.

It said the crash site was found in Mato Grosso state ''in an area of difficult access''. No further information was immediately available.

REUTERS

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