KHARTOUM - An Antonov passenger plane crashed as it was taking off in the Sudanese capital on Thursday, killing five people and injuring two others, a Sudanese civil aviation official said.
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Ahmed Mustafa Jaylani, head of internal flights in the civil aviation authority, told Reuters the plane was bound for el-Fasher in the Darfur region of western Sudan. "The aircraft crashed at the north end of the runway while taking off. There were 34 passengers on board and six crew," Jaylani said. "So far, we have five people dead and two injured that we know about."
The plane had originally be identified as a cargo aircraft. |