A United Nations plane with 11 people on board has crashed in Haiti, and U.N. officials say everyone on the flight was killed.
Officialssaid Friday the plane was on a surveillance flight for the U.N.peacekeeping mission in Haiti when it crashed near the border with theDominican Republic. The U.N. says the bodies of all 11 passengers andcrew members were found at the crash site and that the victims wereUruguayan and Jordanian military personnel.
A statement releasedlate Friday says U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon offers his"heartfelt condolences" to the family members, friends and colleaguesof those who died.
An investigation into what caused the crash is under way.
Theplane belonged to the Uruguayan contingent of MINUSTAH, as the U.N.peacekeeping mission in Haiti is known. The mission is 9,000-strongand has been in Haiti since 2004.