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2008/06/10

Update: Plane Crashes In Sudan



These video frame grab images taken from Sudan TV via AP Television News show a plane that burst into flames after apparently veering off a runway at an airport in Khartoum, Sudan, Tuesday June 10, 2008 (AP Photo/Sudan TV via APTN)


In a dust (or thunder) storm with limited visibility, a Sudanese Airbus en route from Amman and Syria turns into a fireball after landing in Khartoum. Half of the 217 passengers and the 14 crew members are feared dead.

As they were instructed to taxi, the plane veered off the runway and exploded. Visibility was an issue. A spokesman for the Sudanese Police was quoted as saying that"weather caused the plane to crash land, split into two and catch fire."

An undermined number of passengers survived. (More than 100.) Flames consumed the fuselage and cockpit. Sudan's bad aviation safety record rivals Brazil's; last month a Sudanese crash killed 24 and in July of 2003 an earlier crash killed 115.

More News coming soon.
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