http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,351326,00.html
Plane Crashes in Populated Neighborhood in Congo, Dozens Killed
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
KINSHASA, Congo — A Congolese jetliner carrying around 85 people failed to take off Tuesday from an airport in this eastern town, crashing at high speed into a busy market neighborhood at the end of the runway, officials said.
Casualty figures varied widely. An airline official said 60 people had survived, but local officials said dozens of bodies were pulled from the wreckage, though it was unclear if they had been passengers or not.
Employees at the aid agency World Vision, which has an office less than half a mile from the crash site, said the plane “failed to leave the ground,” plowing instead “through wooden houses and shops in the highly populated Birere market.”
The plane appeared to have been “totally flattened” by the impact, said Rachel Wolff, a U.S.-based spokeswoman for the international aid organization who has been in contact with her colleagues in Congo.
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Very sad, drymans wife.
(Thanks for the Carter update. He’s building his legacy — of hate for the history books.)