The Air Force said it had yet to locate the plane but had concluded the plane must have crashed.
"The chances are difficult but I think it would be profoundly wrong to lose heart at this moment when we are doing everything humanly possible and with all our the energy and determination," Alberto Espina told reporters.
Relatives of passengers of a missing military plane arrive by bus to the Cerrillos airbase in Santiago, Chile."The Air Force has provided a thorough investigation to clarify the facts with complete transparency."Its rescue team was scouring the area"where it lost communication with the plane, with the goal of rescuing possible survivors.
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