Plane Crashes In Southern Ecuador

A plane carrying 14 people crashed into a tire factory near an airport in southern Ecuador on Friday. At least six people survived.

Rescuers were trying to free others trapped in the wreckage, which was embedded in a wall.

Red Cross spokesman Galo Verdugo said the plane hit the factory in an industrial park in Cuenca. He said six people were taken to area hospitals with multiple injuries and that "they are in stable condition."

The others were trapped inside the fuselage, he added, declining to say whether there were any fatalities.

Interior Minister Felipe Vega, who was in Cuenca, said firefighters told him the pilot and co-pilot were still trapped.

Witnesses told local radio stations that workers were having lunch in another area of the factory when the plane hit, and so none was injured.

The plane was carrying 12 passengers and two crew members from Cuenca to Macas in Ecuador's southeastern jungle.