LA PAZ, Oct 10, 2021 (BSS/XINHUA) - Six people died on Saturday, including

four officials from the Bolivian Ministry of Health, after a Bolivian Air
Force plane crashed in the Amazon area of Agua Dulce in the Pando department,
local police said.

  Colonel Luis Cuevas, deputy commander of the Bolivian Police, told
reporters that the aircraft crashed and hit a tree just seven minutes after
taking off from the municipality of Riberalta.

  "All the passengers and crew perished in the incident," he said, adding
that the cause of the crash is under investigation.

  According to the police, the aircraft was carrying four officials from the
Ministry of Health's National Dengue-Chikungunya Program.

  The deputy minister of Promotion, Epidemiological Surveillance, and
Traditional Medicine at the Ministry of Health, Maria Renee Castro, wrote on
Twitter: "We regret to announce that the plane that was transporting the team
of the Ministry of Health from Riberalta to Cobija has suffered an accident.
Our colleagues were conducting an evaluation for malaria, fulfilling a very
important function for the country."