CBS Evening News for Sunday, Apr 22, 2001
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(Studio: Jane Clayson) Report introduced.
(Studio: Lee Cowan) United States government investigation into the deadly mistake in which the Peruvian air force shot down a private plane carrying five American missionaries after being tracked by a United States surveillance plane examined; scenes shown of the wounded pilot and other survivors; photograph shown of slain missionary Veronica Bowers and her daughter, Charity; animated diagram shown of the incident. [In Canada, President BUSH - says the US role is to identify planes not filing flight plans.] [Pilot's brother Gordon DONALDSON - says his brother knows procedures.] The decade-old agreement between the United States and Peru in the war against drugs noted. [Former drug czar retired General Barry McCAFFREY - says air smuggling had been near- stopped.] [Senator John KERRY - comments on drug plane shootdowns.]
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