11 Dec 2019

Chilean plane headed to Antarctica missing

From Morning Report, 6:15 am on 11 December 2019

A military plane with 38 people on board has disappeared en-route to Antarctica from Chile.

The C-130 Hercules transport aircraft took off from Punta Arenas and operators lost contact just over an hour later.

Those missing include 17 crew and 21 passengers.

RNZ's correspondent in Chile is Aislinn Laing.