Chavez to Visit Martinique in Wake of Deadly Plane Crash

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Hugo Chavez said Tuesday he would travel to Martinique to attend a memorial ceremony with French President Jacques Chirac for the families of victims of a deadly plane crash. Venezuelan investigators said black boxes from the West Caribbean Airways jet, which crashed on Aug. 16 in Venezuela while bringing passengers home to Martinique after a trip to Panama, would be sent to France for inspection.

Chavez, speaking live from Cuba on Venezuela's state-run television channel, said fuel contamination could have caused the McDonnell Douglas MD-82 jet to plummet to the ground. "The experts say ... the gasoline was bad or it ran out of fuel. We don't know," he said. "It's very strange."

Shortly before the plane dropped toward the ground, the pilot radioed saying that both engines had failed. The engines have not yet been removed from the crash site. Chavez said he would travel to Martinique on Wednesday, after visiting Jamaica. Lt. Col. Lorllys Ramos Acevedo, chief of Venezuela's crash investigation board, said the black boxes, which have been safeguarded at a military base, would be transported to France but she was not sure when.

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1. sounds like how we handle pesky democrats.........

up here in the free world, you know free from those damn Dictators that what to take away our freedoms.