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Cargo plane crash kills 7 in Sudan

June 29, 2008 00:00:00


KHARTOUM, Jun 28 (AFP): A cargo plane crashed mid-flight in Sudan Friday, killing seven crew members, including five foreigners, in the third fatal aviation accident to blight the African country in the last two months.

Civil Aviation Authority spokesman Abdel Hafiz told the news agency that the Juba Cargo company plane crashed an hour and 10 minutes after take off from Khartoum, bound for the southern Sudanese capital Juba, apparently owing to bad weather.

"One person survived out of eight crew members. His name is Mohamed Hamza, a Sudanese. Two Sudanese were among the dead along with four from Ukraine and one from Armenia," Hafiz said.


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