Boy dies on visit to Angel falls

A plane has crashed in Venezuela killing one British boy and injuring 8 other passengers.

The trip we understand was undertaken from Margarita island to Venezuela’s Angel falls a popular tourist destination.

The Plane a Cessna 208 Caravan had gotten airborne and the engine failed,” Venezuela’s civil protection director Luis Diaz was quoted as saying by the Associated Press. “It fell very close to the runway.”

The excursion to Angel Falls had been organised by tour operator First Choice. A spokeswoman for the holiday company said: “We would like to express our heartfelt sympathy to family and friends during this deeply sad time.”