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Officials: 7 killed in northern Iraq plane crash

Officials: 7 killed in northern Iraq plane crash

04 February 2011 22:14 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. Officials say a small commercial plane has crashed while taking off from a regional airport in northern Iraq, killing seven passengers, APA reports quoting â€œAssociated Pressâ€.
The plane caught on fire as it was flying out of the Sulaimaniyah airport around 5 p.m. Friday.
Two senior airport officials and a policeman say at least three of the dead were crew members.
It was not known what airline the plane belonged to or whether there were any survivors.
The officials said some of the passengers worked for AsiaCell, one of Iraq’s largest mobile phone companies.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information.
Sulaimaniyah is 160 miles (260 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad.

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