the dona monica aviation plane taking off just before dusk from the city of merida en route to simon bolivar international station outside the largest county of caracas . noel marquez , director of venezuela ' s disaster management agency in merida , that the airport has failed to contact controller sites . government defense chief general carlos rivero told reporters that it is undisclosed whose or not the plane broke or is simply absent .
A plane with 46 passengers has not contacted control towers.