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Charter Plane Carrying 135 Bound for Cairo Crashes
Saturday, January 03, 2004
CAIRO, Egypt — A charter airliner with 135 people aboard -- most of them French tourists -- crashed shortly after takeoff early Saturday from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh (search), airport officials in Cairo (search) said. There was no immediate word on the fate of the passengers.
The Boeing 737 (search) jet took off shortly before 5 a.m. (10 p.m. EST) and quickly disappeared from radar about seven miles south of the airport, said airport officials, who spoke on customary condition of anonymity.
The officials said 127 passengers and eight crewmembers were aboard the jet operated by the private Egyptian company Air Flash (search), and most were French tourists.
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To: brigette
"Air Flash"? Not a happy name for an airline.
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