Scavengers target jet wreckage after crash

HUNDREDS of scavengers swarmed over the wreckage of a Peruvian airliner yesterday, potentially undermining the work of investigators en route to the crash that left at least 37 dead.

Dozens of soldiers stood by and watched as residents of an Amazon jungle town searched through the debris for anything of value.

“I’m collecting this for my house to hang my laundry,” said Rosario Dahua, 47, as she tugged at a tangle of heavy black wires next to a partially submerged turbine jet motor wedged in the water and mud.