Rescue workers have recovered 12 bodies from the wreckage of a twin-engine plane that crashed in mountains during bad weather in Angola's central highlands, state media reported Sunday, according to AP. The crash site was located in Bailundo, 150 kilometers (93 miles) north of Huambo, where the plane had been flying to from the capital, Luanda, on Saturday morning, state news agency Angop said. The Beechcraft-200 was owned by private airline Gira Globo. Among the dead were two Portuguese businessmen, Vasco Mendes de Almeida and Nuno Marques, as well as Angolan magnate Valentim Amoes, reports said. Amoes, 46, owned companies involved in construction, hotels, transport and diamond trading, reports said. Officials could not immediately be reached for comment. A helicopter carrying seven people, including two television camera operators, had to crash-land while searching for the crashed plane, reports said. No one was injured.
