LA PAZ, Feb 1 (Reuters) - A Bolivian plane carrying 151 passengers made an emergency landing in a clearing in an Amazon jungle on Friday in the latest setback for troubled airline Lloyd Aereo Boliviano.
No one was injured when the Boeing 727 landed in an open field about 2 miles (3.3 km) from the airport in the eastern city of Trinidad, airline officials said.
One passenger said people inside the plane had only suffered "slight blows."
Lloyd Aereo Boliviano flights have been largely suspended for nearly a year due to the airline's debts and legal troubles. The privatized company began offering charter flights in December while it worked toward renewing its commercial license.
Friday's charter flight was headed from the Andean city of La Paz to the northern city of Cobija but bad weather impeded a normal landing there and in Trinidad, Viscarra said.
No one was injured when the Boeing 727 landed in an open field about 2 miles (3.3 km) from the airport in the eastern city of Trinidad, airline officials said.
One passenger said people inside the plane had only suffered "slight blows."
Lloyd Aereo Boliviano flights have been largely suspended for nearly a year due to the airline's debts and legal troubles. The privatized company began offering charter flights in December while it worked toward renewing its commercial license.
Friday's charter flight was headed from the Andean city of La Paz to the northern city of Cobija but bad weather impeded a normal landing there and in Trinidad, Viscarra said.
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