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Damaged plane makes emergency landing after encountering severe weather
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A LATAM Airlines plane was damaged traveling from Santiago, Chile, to Asunción, Paraguay, and had to make an emergency landing in Paraguay.
(CNN) — A LATAM Airlines plane was damaged traveling from Santiago, Chile, to Asunción, Paraguay, and had to make an emergency landing at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport on Wednesday after experiencing "severe weather conditions during its flight path," the airline told CNN in a statement on Thursday.
"Passengers and crew are safe and well," the statement said, adding the airline regretted "any inconvenience this weather situation may have caused to its passengers."
Telefuturo, a CNN affiliate, reported that 48 people were traveling on the flight.
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