\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/picture> LA \u2060PAZ \u2014 Fifteen people \u200bwere killed and at least 30 more \u200bwere injured on Friday \u200cevening after a Bolivian Air Force Hercules aircraft carrying new banknotes from the country’s central bank crashed onto a busy avenue amid inclement \u200bweather in \u2060the city of El Alto, near Bolivia’s capital La Paz, according to television reports.<\/p>\n The military aircraft had \u200cdeparted from the city of Santa Cruz and crashed after landing and skidding off the runway onto a neighbouring\u00a0\u2060avenue, according to local authorities.<\/p>\n Social media footage showed chaotic scenes of people flocking to the scene of the crash, appearing to pick up money that lay strewn on \u200bthe ground following the accident. Local authorities on the scene were warding off people \u200busing \u200cwater hoses and tear gas. Reuters<\/em> was unable to identify the images.<\/p>\n Bolivia’s central bank \u200bwas \u2060set to address reporters later on Friday evening.<\/p>\n The El Alto International Airport \u2060was temporarily closed following the crash, national airline Boliviana de Aviacion said in a statement, adding the aircraft involved in the accident \u2060did not belong to its fleet.<\/p>\n Video \u200bbroadcast on local media showed the aircraft was severely damaged, as were a number of vehicles along the avenue where the \u200ccrash took \u2060place.<\/p>\n Emergency personnel work at the site where a Bolivian Air Force Hercules aircraft crashed on Friday evening onto a busy avenue amid inclement weather in the city of El Alto, Bolivia, on Friday. (Photo: Reuters)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n![\"Emergency](\"https:\/\/static.bangkokpost.com\/media\/content\/20260228\/5986794.jpg\")
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