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Press, 6 April 1989, Page 10

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Plane crash-lands

A domestic jetliner carrying 130 people crashlanded in flames at a jungle airport. Peru’s Government news agency said 14 people were injured, but reported no deaths. The Faucett Airlines Boeing 737 crashed at 6.43 p.m. at the airport in Iquitos after a flight from Lima, 1150 km away. The jet tilted sideways before touching down on the runway, and one engine burst into flames. The nose of the aircraft rammed into the runway and both wings tore off as the jet skidded off the runway. — Lima. Pressure on Shamir The Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Shamir, was under pressure to make peace concessions as he followed President Hosni Mubarak, of Egypt, to Washington, carrying a proposal for elections in the Occupied Territories. Mr Mubarak won President George Bush’s public backing on two positions that seemed likely to put Mr Shamir a bit on the defensive — the potential value of an international peace conference, which Israel strongly opposes, and the need for Israel to leave the Occupied Territories. Mr Shamir will meet Mr Bush today. — Washington. Beirut battle

Heavy artillery duels rocked Beirut and its surroundings while an Arab League delegation sought through talks in the Syrian capital Damascus to end four weeks of pitiless battles in Lebanon. Security sources said Syrian gunners and their Lebanese Muslim allies unleashed barrages of artillery fire on Christian east Beirut, a coastal area and mountains to the northeast after a day of sporadic exchanges. Mainly Christian army troops of Major-General Michel Aoun also blasted several neighbourhoods in Muslim West Beirut, areas where Syrian troops have positions, they said. — Beirut.