Baku-APA. At least seven French citizens were among those passengers killed when a Lao Airlines plane crashed in the Mekong River Wednesday, local media quoted French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius as saying, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
Fabius has extended "deep shock and great sadness" over the deaths.
A Lao Airlines airplane crashed into the Mekong River at around 4:00 p.m. local time (09:00 GMT) during a flight from Vientiane to Champassak.
A source from the aeronautical services who prefer to be anonymous confirmed to Xinhua that the flight QV301, an ART twin-turbo aircraft, was carrying 40 passengers when it crashed.
The plane took off from Vientiane at 2:50 p.m. local time and was due to arrive at 4:00 p.m. local time, crashing into the Mekong shortly before attempting a landing in bad weather.
Xinhua reporters have learned from various sources that the plane was also carrying two Chinese passengers.
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