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Plane reportedly crashes in Venezuela


    CARACAS (Reuters) - A commercial plane carrying up to 46 people crashed in eastern Venezuela on Thursday, CNN's Spanish television news channel said.

    Local media said the plane crashed in the state of Merida.The state capital, also named Merida, is 680 km (422 miles)southwest of Caracas.

    (Reporting by Frank Jack Daniel; Writing by StuartGrudgings; Editing by John O'Callaghan)