( CNN ) -- A plane carrying 18 people crashed Sunday , killing eight , while landing in Bolivia , according to state news agency ABI . Ten other people were injured in the crash at the Riberalta airport , 1,000 kilometers ( about 620 miles ) from La Paz , the capital , said Jose Luis Pereira , the hospital director in Riberalta , the news agency added . The plane , which belongs to local airline Aerocon , departed from Trinidad , and according to some witnesses , went off the runway and caught fire after hitting some brush , the news agency said . The bodies of seven people have not been identified so far because they were charred after the impact , ABI said . Some witnesses said that it was pouring rain at the time of the crash and that because of a lack of equipment , it was hard to rescue the victims . President Evo Morales sent his condolences to the families of the victims and is asking for an investigation into what happened and possible drastic sanctions , the news agency said . According to the government , this is the fourth accident for Aerocon since 2012 .
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