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Iraq, 7 dead in the crash of a tourism plane

Baghdad, Iraq - Taking-off from Sulaymaniyah airport

A Raytheon Hawker 900 tourism plane operated by the Lebanese "Sky Lounge" crashed on Friday, February 4, at 17:49, in the region of Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan, 260 km north-east of Baghdad. The incident occurred just before the take-off in direction of Ankara, Turkey, from Sulaymaniyah International Airport: the engine caught fire and the pilot tried to land but the operation was compromised...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1125543
Rome, Italy, 02/07/2011 15:22
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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