Plane crashes in southern Helmand
KANDAHAR (AIP): A plane crashed in Helmand province of Afghanistan on Monday and some casualties have also happened in the crash, officials said.
Governor of Helmand province Mulla Muhammad Amir told Afghan Islamic Press that the plane crashed in residential area by overrunning an airstrip on landing and there were casualties in the plane.
He said that it was military plane and damaged.
Eyewitnesses told Afghan Islamic Press that a big and white plane crashed near Helmand airport and ploughed into tents of Kuchis (Nomads) near the airport.
It is to be mentioned here that there were reports that UK Defence secretary will vitist Helmand province today.
A plane leaves the runway to Afghanistan and makes several casualties
KANDAHAR (Afghanistan) - a military aircraft left the runway of the airport of Lashkargha, in the south of Afghanistan, making several casualties and perhaps deaths, indicated Monday the local authorities.
"It acts of a military aircraft which left the track and has dark in dwellings close to the airport and it wounded several people on board and in the dwellings", the assistant of the governor of the province declared, Mullah Amir Akhund with AFP.
The spokesman of the governor, Muhaidin Khan, indicated that the helps were leaving the "casualties and perhaps died" of the debris
The plane is of manufacture Russian according to Afghan authorities' but it was not possible in the immediate future to determine the identity of its owner.