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  • Kabul airport closed after crash (Point and laugh alert!)

    12/31/2004 1:03:27 AM PST · by Straight Vermonter · 110 replies · 2,584+ views
    Afgha.com ^ | 12/28/04
    RUSSIAN-built cargo plane brought the airport in Afghanistan's capital Kabul to a standstill today after it failed to lower its landing gear and bellyflopped onto the runway, airport officials told AFP. The Antonov aircraft from a company called Golf mistakenly failed to deploy its wheels and skidded to a halt on the tarmac, Ghulam Ali Timor, director of Kabul airport, told AFP. "Thank God, none of the six crew members was hurt but the plane has been damaged and airport workers are working to take it off the runway. The airport is closed temporarily," he said. NATO-led peacekeeping troops were...