Tourist plane crashes in Peru, killing 13 on Nazca Lines sightseeing flight
A sightseeing plane carrying tourists crashed near the Nazca Lines in Peru, resulting in the deaths of all 13 people on board. Local authorities have launched an investigation into the incident involving the operator, Aerodiana.
Why it matters
This tragic event highlights safety concerns regarding aerial tourism operations in remote archaeological sites.
A plane carrying tourists crashed into a field in Peru outside the city of Nazca killing 13 people, local authorities said.
In a statement on Facebook, Nazca's municipal government said the plane on Saturday (August 1, 2026) was taking tourists on a sightseeing flight of the Nazca Lines, a group of extensive geoglyphs scraped into the desert around Nazca hundreds of years ago by Peru's Indigenous inhabitants. The lines form images of animals that can only be fully appreciated from planes or viewing towers.
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