- LA PAZ, Bolivia: Bolivian authorities say a commercial plane carrying 33 passengers touched down on its belly after its landing gear failed to open properly.
No injuries were reported in Friday’s landing of the TAM jet at the airport in the Amazon basin town of Rurrenabaque, a popular ecotourism destination.
The Bolivian air force said in a statement that the plane was lightly damaged.
Most of the passengers were tourists.



