Questions About Benin 727 Crash
Was the Boeing 727 that crashed off West Africa on Christmas Day the same aircraft that mysteriously disappeared from Angola last May? Questions Surface About Benin Jet Crash.
Was Plane That Vanished From Angola the Same One That Crashed off Benin on Christmas Day? |
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Posted by fiftymegaton On News/Activism 01/02/2004 8:22:13 PM PST with 3 comments AP ^ | 1/2/04 | Nafi Diouf Was Plane That Vanished From Angola the Same One That Crashed off Benin on Christmas Day? ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press Writ By Nafi Diouf and Published: Jan 2, 2004 DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - American authorities are investigating whether a Boeing 727 shattered in a deadly Christmas Day crash off West Africa was the same jet that vanished in Angola last year, setting off a worldwide search, a U.S. State Department spokesman said Friday. Also, a Canadian humanitarian-flight pilot told The Associated Press he saw a 727 with the missing Angola jet's tail number at Guinea's airport in June - a... |
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Questions Surface about Benin Jet Crash |
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Posted by Solson On News/Activism 01/02/2004 2:35:14 PM PST with 16 comments AP ^ | 1/2/04 | NAFI DIOUF and ELLEN KNICKMEYER By NAFI DIOUF and ELLEN KNICKMEYER, Associated Press Writers DAKAR, Senegal - American authorities are investigating whether a Boeing 727 shattered in a deadly Christmas Day crash off West Africa was the same jet that vanished in Angola last year, setting off a worldwide search, a U.S. State Department spokesman said Friday. AP Photo Also, a Canadian humanitarian-flight pilot told The Associated Press he saw a 727 with the missing Angola jet's tail number at Guinea's airport in June a month after the jet's disappearance. The plane's old tail number was not fully covered, and the plane was... |
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Benin plane crash toll rises to 128: 15 UN peacekeepers among dead |
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Posted by cgk On News/Activism 12/27/2003 10:25:46 AM PST with 1 comment CNEWS/Canoe ^ | 12-27-03 15 UN peacekeepers among dead By DULUE MBACHU Benin plane crash toll rises to 128 Lebanese passenger Nabil Hashim laughs with his brother Ali, Saturday in a hospital in Beirut, Lebanon. Hashim is one of the more than 20 people who survived Thursday's plane crash into the sea near Benin; 161 people were on board. (AP/Mahmoud Tawil) COTONOU, Benin (AP) - Fifteen army officers from Bangladesh returning from UN peacekeeping duty in West Africa were among at least 138 people killed when a jet clipped a building and crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff on Christmas Day, officials said... |
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More than 90 killed in Benin plane crash |
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Posted by I got the rope On News/Activism 12/25/2003 6:56:11 PM PST with 2 comments Agence France-Presse ^ | 26 Dec 03 | AFP At least 90 people were killed when a Boeing 727 crowded with Lebanese families heading for holiday visits in Beirut crashed into the sea after take off from the tiny west African state of Benin, officials said. The aircraft, operated by Lebanese-owned Union Transport Africaines (UTA), carried 156 passengers and seven crew as it tried to take off from Cotonou airport shortly after its scheduled 2:55 pm (1355 GMT) departure time, a government official said. |
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Passenger Jet Crashes in Benin |
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Posted by Dragthor On News/Activism 12/25/2003 7:56:05 AM PST with 122 comments FoxNews ^ Passenger Jet Crashes in Benin. FoxNews reporting. |
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