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Mozambican airliner with 34 people onboard missing

30 November 2013 03:22 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. A passenger plane carrying 34 people went missing en route from Mozambique to Angola on Friday, the Mozambique Airlines (LAM) said, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

LAM said the Brazilian-made Embraer 190 with 28 passengers and six crew members onboard did not land as scheduled at 2:10 p.m. local time (1310 GMT) in the Angolan capital Luanda, and authorities were trying to locate it.

Flight TM470 took off from Maputo, the Mozambican capital, at 0926 GMT, the airline said in a statement. "Initial information suggests it might have landed in Rundu, in northern Namibia near the border with Botswana and Angola."

"LAM airlines, aeronautical and airport authorities are trying to establish contact to confirm the information," it added.