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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Ap Correspondent

Miracle rescue of plane crash survivors from crocodile-infested lagoon grips Bolivia

After smashing into the ground, the aircraft flipped over into a lagoon infested with anacondas and alligators - (Bolivian Civil Defence Vice Ministry)

It was after their tiny plane crashed into the Bolivian jungle earlier this week that their ordeal really began.

After smashing into the ground, the aircraft flipped over into a lagoon infested with anacondas and alligators, plunging the pilot and four passengers — including a six-year-old boy — into a harrowing 36 hours spent clinging to the plane's wreckage before being rescued Friday in the northeast of this Andean nation.

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