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Dash-8 aircraft accident: 28 victims

Madang, Papua New Guinea - Only 4 persons out of the 32 that were on board managed to survive

Yesterday at 5:00am local time, 20 miles south of Madang, north coast of Papua New Guinea a DHC-8/102 aircraft crashed with 32 people aboard and caught fire while approaching the runway of Madang airport. Reports announced that only 4 persons have survived, all of them injured. The aircraft, registered P2-MCJ, was being operated by PNG Airlines and had taken off for a scheduled domestic flight from...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1134763
Rome, Italy, 10/14/2011 10:14
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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