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32 perish in Baghdad cargo plane
crash
BY A CORRESPONDENT
January 10, 2007
Inclement weather and heavy fog
have led to the crash of a cargo plane
carrying Turkish workers near Baghdad.
The crash occurred when it was
attempting to land. As many as 32
people have been killed.
While one of the passengers was
reported to be badly injured, the
whereabouts of two others are still
not known, said sources quoting
Turkish officials.
The mishap happened when the plane was
trying to land at the US military base
at Balad, 84 km north of Baghdad,
according to news reports. Though
earlier the crash was suspected to be
near Baghdad, reprts that trickled in
confirmed that that plane went down at
Balad.
According to a report the Russian-made
Antonov-26 plane which had left the
Turkey's southern city of Adana, was
carrying construction workers from
Kulak Construction Co in Adana. The
company's owner was among the dead,
added reports.
Among the 35 passengers on board were
29 Turks, one American, and a a crew
of five. The pilot had aborted an
initial landing attempt for an unknown
reason, then crashed on a second
attempt, said reports reaching here.
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