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Bolivian rescuers find survivor three days after air crash.

BUENOS-AIRES, September 10 (Itar-Tass) -- In Bolivia, rescuers have
found one surviving passenger of a private airline's plane three days
after its crash in the Amazon jungle, the local authorities said.
Previously it was thought that all nine people on board died. Among
them there were were two foreign nationals from Colombia and Ecuador. The
man who miraculously survived in the crash is a 35-year seller of
cosmetics, Bolivia's Minor Vidal. He suffered a head injury and broken
ribs, but his life is not in danger. Currently he is receiving medical
care. The man said that he had spent more than 15 hours under the debris
of the aircraft. When he finally got out, he went deep into the woods in
search of people.
He was found several kilometers from the place of the crash.
"We saw a man on the river, who was giving signals," Captain David
Bustos, who led the rescue operation, told the media. "When we got closer,
he fell on his knees and started thanking God."
A small plane of the private airline Aerocon disappeared on Tuesday.
It had left the city of Santa Cruz for Trinidad, the capital of the
department of Beni, but failed to reach the destination. The search for
the wreck was hampered by poor visibility due to fires in the area.

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