Plane crash in Sudan kills four
Monday, 30 Jun 2008 08:39
Four people die after cargo plane crashes in Sudan
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Four people have died after a cargo plane crashed near Khartoum airport in Sudan.
Reports claim the aircraft crashed shortly after take-off and all the Russian crew members were killed.
Eyewitnesses are quoted as seeing the plane crash across a road before hitting power lines and exploding.
Sudan's Civil Aviation Authority said the Russian plane was heading for the city of Juba but crashed "about one kilometre or so from the airport".
The country has a particularly bad reputation when it comes to air safety, especially on domestic flights.
Earlier this month around 30 people were killed when a plane burst in flames at Khartoum airport.