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Arafat coffin in flight bound for Cairo

Paris, France - The plane carring him towards Egypt took off

The airplane which will carry Arafat coffin towards Egypt for the funeral service took off from the French Villacoublay military base (see for details AVIONEWS) recently. During the cerimony set by the French authorities, the widow Suha Tawil cried by the side off French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pierre Raffarin, and the Palestinian one, Nabil Shaath, while as the Palestinian and French national...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 107439
Rome, Italy, 11/11/2004 18:44
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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