| At least 14 die in Tahiti plane crash |
A plane carrying 20 people crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff yesterday from the French Polynesian island of Moorea, killing at least 14 of those on board, officials said.
The Tahiti-bound Twin Otter DHC6 turboprop, carrying 19 passengers and a pilot, went down about noon, said officials from the local aviation authority and the company Air Moorea.
Moorea is 10 miles from Tahiti, a South Pacific tourist mecca half way between Sydney and Los Angeles. The plane carried out regular 7 minute flights between the islands for Air Moorea.
France's high commission on Tahiti said 14 bodies had been recovered.
The aviation authority said no survivors had been found so far. French navy ships had recovered some bodies about and were searching for survivors.
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