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Khartoum, cargo aircraft crashes (2): Abu Bakar Gaafar fired

Khartoum, Sudan - The chief of civil aviation has been dismissed

After four air accidents in only two months, the Chief of civil aviation, Abu Bakar Gaafar, has been dismissed by Omar al Bashir, Sudan President, after the accident occurred this morning in Khartoum, which, only for a case, not have provoked a slaughter: the Ilyushin 76 airplane exploded in air soon after take off from Karthoum airport crashed in an empty area near a well populated zone of the city...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1091701
Rome, Italy, 06/29/2008 23:57
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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