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56 killed as plane crashes in Turkey - airline exec

ANKARA, Turkey - An Atlasjet plane crashed, killing all 56 people on board, shortly before it was to land in central Turkey early Friday, the airline’s chief executive said.

A rescue helicopter had reached the wreckage of the plane on a mountainous region near the town of Keciborlu, in Isparta province, and reported back that no one had survived the crash, airline CEO Tuncay Doganer said.

The MD 83 jetliner took off from Istanbul at 01:55 a.m., headed to Isparta, but went off the radar just before landing.

Helicopters took off from Ankara, the capital, to search for the plane, which went missing after it reported it was approaching the airport near the city of Isparta.

Doganer said the cause of the crash was not known. He ruled out weather conditions as a possible cause, saying there was no fog or strong winds at the time of the crash.

Families of the passengers first rushed to the airports of Istanbul and Isparta for news of their loved ones and later began heading toward the crash scene, private NTV television reported.
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/70839/56-killed-as-plane-crashes-in-central-Turkey


1,393 posted on 11/29/2007 9:42:15 PM PST by Velveeta (Duncan Hunter, 08' !!! The real conservative.)
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To: Velveeta

Sorry, you got it.


1,397 posted on 11/29/2007 9:52:12 PM PST by Cindy
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