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El Alto, Bolivia — At least 15 people were killed and around 30 others injured after a Bolivian Air Force C‑130 Hercules cargo plane, carrying newly printed banknotes, crashed near El Alto International Airport on Friday evening. The military transport aircraft veered off the runway while landing and slid onto a busy urban avenue, colliding with multiple vehicles and causing widespread destruction, authorities said.

The Hercules aircraft had departed from Santa Cruz de la Sierra and was approaching the high‑altitude El Alto airport — adjacent to the administrative capital La Paz — when it overran the runway and crashed onto Costanera Avenue, one of the city’s main thoroughfares. Dozens of cars, trucks and minibuses were struck as the heavy cargo aircraft skidded several hundred metres.

Eyewitness footage and social media posts showed enormous quantities of banknotes — reportedly newly printed currency from the Central Bank of Bolivia — littering the crash site. Large crowds gathered on the roadway attempting to collect the scattered bills, significantly hindering rescue and recovery operations. Local police and military forces deployed water hoses and tear gas to disperse the crowds so emergency teams could reach survivors and recover bodies.

Officials confirmed that the banknotes had not yet been issued into circulation and carried no legal tender value, prompting authorities to burn the recovered money boxes to prevent misuse. El Alto International Airport temporarily suspended all flight operations in the aftermath, and investigators from the Bolivian Ministry of Defence are examining possible causes — including weather conditions, operational challenges due to high altitude, technical factors and pilot actions.

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