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***DHL Cargo Plane Crash in KY**
*** FBI Investigating***

FLORENCE, Ky. -- A cargo plane crashed at a golf course early Friday less than a mile from its planned landing site at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, killing the co-pilot, authorities said.

The pilot, the only other person on board, walked away from the crash and was taken to a hospital, airport spokesman Ted Bushelman said.

The co-pilot's body was found after daybreak, several hours after the crash at about 1 a.m., Bushelman said.

Authorities had not identified either person.

The twin-engine turboprop Convair 580 owned by Air Tahoma took off Thursday night from Memphis, Tenn., Bushelman said.

The pilot was doing OK and was at University Hospital in Cincinnati for observation, said Chris Trott, spokesman for Air Tahoma. Both people are from the Memphis area. The hospital refused to give the pilot's condition.

Air Tahoma, based at Rickenbacker Airport in central Ohio, is a contractor for Plantation, Fla.-based DHL air cargo company and owns 13 other planes, Trott said.

The FBI was investigating and told local authorities not to touch anything at the crash scene, Bushelman said. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board were expected to arrive later Friday.

http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?S=2169785

Update to missing Yemeni Student from yesterday. He has now been detained by the FBI on a visa violation.

Missing Yemeni student is found
Yemeni teen turns up in New York after failing to return to program at Purdue.

By Terry Horne
terry.horne@indystar.com
August 13, 2004

A missing Yemeni student attending a Purdue University summer program was detained on a visa violation after he turned up Thursday in New York City, FBI and university officials said.

Anwar Saleh Ahmed Al-Awdi, 18, surrendered at a federal office building late Thursday afternoon.

Anwar Saleh Ahmed Al-Awdi
Purdue Vice President Joseph Bennett said Al-Awdi apparently didn't realize the ramifications of violating his special student visa.

Al-Awdi left West Lafayette Aug. 6 with friends for the Detroit area but failed to return Sunday.

On Thursday, he made phone calls to people at Purdue.

"He wanted to come back. He didn't know how to do it," Bennett said. "He was advised to go someplace where somebody could get him back on track."

Jim Davis, acting agent in charge of the FBI's Indiana office, said Al-Awdi was taken into custody by the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force there. But the task force was involved solely because of the visa violation. The agency had no information linking him to any terrorism activity, Davis said.

The 18 students in the program are high school graduates identified as potential leaders in their Middle Eastern countries. The program seeks to teach them about the United States with classroom instruction on subjects such as government, economics and freedom of the press. Side trips have included the Indiana State Fair and a visit Monday to heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali's home in Berrien Springs, Mich.

"They are a beautiful bunch of students," said Muhammad Siddeeq, a retired Indianapolis Public Schools teacher who met the students in Indianapolis and accompanied them to Berrien Springs.

Bennett said Al-Awdi will not rejoin the group. He likely will be sent directly home.

http://www.indystar.com/articles/6/169853-7886-009.html