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NewsBolivian Air Force plane crash in El Alto kills 20
Twenty people were killed and 30 more were injured when a Bolivian Air Force aircraft crashed into a busy avenue in El Alto. The aircraft was a Lockheed C-130. The crash was identified as the 2026 Bolivian Air Force Lockheed C-130 crash. El Alto is the city named as the site.
A C-130 is a military transport plane. An avenue crash means the aircraft came down in a built-up street rather than on an airfield or in open country. Busy indicates the road was in use. Twenty dead and 30 injured were the casualty figures given.
The Bolivian Air Force was the operator. The report did not say how many of the dead were crew and how many were people on the ground. It did not state the flight's mission or its departure point. The location detail that was given is the busy avenue in El Alto.
Thirty injured is a larger number than the dead, which fits a crash into a populated street where people outside the aircraft can be hurt. The account did not name hospitals. It did not describe a fire. Impact on a city avenue was the scene.
Military transport crashes in cities are both aviation accidents and urban disasters because the victims may include residents who were not aboard. This report did not separate those groups. It gave a combined toll of 20 killed and 30 injured. The type was a Lockheed C-130 of the Bolivian Air Force.
The C-130 crash in El Alto killed 20 people and injured 30. The plane belonged to the Bolivian Air Force and hit a busy avenue. No split between crew and bystanders was published. The toll and the place were the facts of the disaster.