Members of a Bolivian rescue team inspect site of a plane crash in Keluyo, some 35 km (22 miles) in the outskirts of La Paz, March 9, 2006. (Xinhua/AFP)

LIMA, March 9 (Xinhuanet) -- An Argentine military plane crashed on Thursday in a mountainous area of Bolivia near La Paz, leaving all six people onboard killed.

    The Argentine Air Force Tango 21 suddenly began to head down and hit a mountain peak after dropping medical supplies worth 1 million U.S. dollars to the eastern city of El Alto. Two pilots and four military officers onboard were all dead, said reports reaching here.

    Witnesses said they heard a loud explosion before the plane began plummeting.

    "Unfortunately, there were no survivors," Col. Johnny Vera of the Bolivian Army was quoted as saying.

    On behalf of President Evo Morales, Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca sent a message of condolence to his Argentine counterpart Jorge Taiana on Thursday afternoon.    Enditem