Chavez' 'heart aches' for Venezuela's crash victims

Rescuers rappelled from helicopters to search for remains in the shattered wreckage lodged 4,000 metres above sea level on a craggy, rock wall known as 'Indian Face.' Whipped by cross-winds, rescue climbers struggled to lower themselves down the cliff to reach the plane operated by the small local airline, Santa Barbara, civil defence chief Antonio Rivero said. The plane crashed 10 kilometres from the tourist city of Merida after taking off for the capital, Caracas, Thursday before dusk in a notoriously difficult region to navigate. 'It makes your heart ache. Venezuela is in mourning,' President Hugo Chavez said in a televised speech.