<p><br /> At least three Britons have died in Peru after their light aircraft crashed near one of the country's most famous tourist attractions.<br /> </p><p><br /> Andrew Brown, 30, and Gayle Callow, 34, were killed alongside another male passenger when their Cessna plane came down in a field near the centuries-old Nazca Lines markings.<br /> </p><p><br /> A third British man, Warren Denham, in his thirties, is also understood to have been killed in the crash - along with two Peruvian crew members - but the identities of the victims have yet to be officially confirmed.<br /> </p><p><br /> The plane is thought to have suffered engine trouble and crashed after taking off from the local Maria Reiche airport at about 11.15pm British time on Saturday.<br /> </p><p><br /> Local police said the aircraft hit the field as the pilot and co-pilot tried to make an emergency landing.<br /> </p><p><br /> The Nazca Lines, mysterious geoglyphs etched into the desert centuries ago by indigenous groups, are a Unesco World Heritage Site and one of Peru's main tourist destinations. The markings are only fully recognisable from the air and 30-minute overflights are popular with travellers.<br /> </p><p><br /> A Foreign Office spokesman said the British Ambassador to Peru and another member of the consular staff had travelled to the scene of the crash from Lima.<br /> </p><p><br /> He said: "The Peruvian authorities have notified us that three British nationals died in the plane crash in Nazca. A fourth passenger died in the incident, along with two crew members. Police are attempting to identify the nationality and identity of the fourth passenger."<br /> </p>
