Search begins for plane missing in the Amazon

Two helicopters from a British Parachute Regiment were today helping search for a US-registered plane that disappeared in the Amazon jungles of Guyana after taking off to conduct aerial surveys for a Canadian mining company.

Sun, 02 Nov, 2008 - 18:59

Three people were on board.

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Courts Heathrow Place: US Place: Amazon Place: Guyana Place: Toronto, Canada Place: western Guyana Place: Venezuela Person: Zulfikar Mohamed Organisation: Amazon Organisation: British Parachute Regiment Organisation: Prometheus Resources Guyana Inc.Organisation: U308 Corporation Organisation: Parachute Regiment

JD Vance (Nathan Howard/The New York Times via AP)

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