Debris from a missing Hercules transport plane with 38 people aboard has been found in the sea between South America and the Antarctic, Chile's air force says.
The Chilean Air Force says it has located debris believed to be from a cargo plane thatbetween South America and the Antarctic.
The parts were being recovered for analysis to determine if they belonged to the Hercules C-130 cargo plane. The Air Force concluded the aircraft must have crashed early the next morning, given the number of hours it had been missing.
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