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Congo: the airplane wreck has been spotted

Rome, Italy - No trace of survivors

It seems that the Beechcraft-1900 airplane, crashed on Monday in a mountainous area in Congo, near Bukavu, (see AVIONEWS 1, 2) has been reached: this is the declaration released by a UN spokesman to press agency "Misna". He also explained that the first helicopter sent on Tuesday "For the bad soil conditions did not manage to land". He added that another helicopter was sent later on. On board of...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1093849
Rome, Italy, 09/04/2008 12:08
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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