US tourists killed in Mexico plane crash

A plane carrying 16 US tourists and three crew members on a visit to Mayan ruins crashed in the state of Yucatan yesterday. All aboard died.

Fernando Vargas, director general of Aero Ferinco, said the passengers had left the cruise ship Massdam at the Caribbean island of Cozumel and were flying to visit the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza.