Plane Crashed at Baku Airport, 5 Killed

World | March 4, 2004, Thursday // 00:00

A cargo plane crashed at the airport in Azerbaijan's capital Baku today, killing five of its seven crew members, the Russian news agency Interfax reported. The Ilyushin Il-76 plane crashed shortly after taking off after a refuelling stop during a flight from Ankara in Turkey to Kabul in Afghanistan, Interfax quoted deputy chief of Azerbaijan Air Lines, Sabir Ilyasov, as saying. Ilyasov said five of the seven crew members were killed, Interfax reported. Earlier, Russian Echo of Moscow radio station reported that five crew members had apparently survived, citing the RIA Novosti news agency.

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