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28 Die, Dozens Missing in Sudan Plane Blaze
World | June 11, 2008, Wednesday // 00:00
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TV footage showed the plane consumed by flames as emergency crews tried to fight the flames.
At least 28 people died and dozens more are still missing after a passenger jet burst into flames after landing at Khartoum airport in Sudan, officials said on Wednesday.
The Airbus A310 with more than 200 people on board landed in bad weather and was taxi-ing on the runway when one of the engines exploded, BBC reported. A total of 123 passengers survived the inferno that followed.
TV footage showed the wreckage consumed by flames as emergency crews tried to fight the flames.
The plane of the Sudan Airways had flown from Jordan's capital Amman via Damascus and was carrying 11 crewmembers, authorities also said.
The Airbus A310 with more than 200 people on board landed in bad weather and was taxi-ing on the runway when one of the engines exploded, BBC reported. A total of 123 passengers survived the inferno that followed.
TV footage showed the wreckage consumed by flames as emergency crews tried to fight the flames.
The plane of the Sudan Airways had flown from Jordan's capital Amman via Damascus and was carrying 11 crewmembers, authorities also said.
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