Military plane crash in Chile, 21 people may have died

A military aircraft accidents serious had happened in Chile, leaving 21 people on board disappeared between the Pacific Ocean.

According to authorities, the ill-fated plane lost contact and crashed into the sea near the archipelago Juan Fernandez on Monday 6 (2 / 9) past. One concern is all the people on board were killed after the plane crash.

Defence Minister Andres Allamand said the plane disappeared is the CASA 212 aircraft by the military. It tried to land twice but failed to ground, then disappeared in the late afternoon. Rescue teams quickly deployed search plane crashed, but the darkness has made efforts to become less effective.

CASA 212 aircraft of the same type with the plane crashed. (Artwork)

To be informed of the accident, President Chile - Sebastian Pinera - said: "I empathize with the concerns of the relatives of 21 people on the plane in distress. This is an extremely difficult challenge for our country. "

Meanwhile, the national television station TVN Chile has five employees said their presence on the plane when it crashed. Among those missing are the very familiar face to audiences Chile. They reported on the task of rebuilding the state on the island shelf and destroyed after Chile quake with tsunami early last year.

Captain Otto Mrugalski, the commander of the rescue team that found no traces of the plane around the Juan Fernandez archipelago, located about 675km off the coast of Chile.

Meanwhile, the mayor Leopoldo Gonzalez - head for the islands' were found belongings of passengers on flights to the island than 1km. "Local radio said Mr Gonzalez said the door of plane was found underwater.

In addition, Felipe Paredes, an air traffic control staff working at the control tower that he saw the plane had to struggle with high winds for landing but failed. Then, the pilot must take off again and then he lost entirely.

The search efforts are still urgently be undertaken to find missing people.