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68 die in Kyrgyzstan plane crash: health ministry
0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AFP) — A passenger plane bound for Iran crashed shortly after takeoff from the Kyrgyzstan capital of Bishkek on Sunday, claiming the lives of 68 people onboard, the health ministry said.
The Boeing-737 with 90 people onboard went down a few kilometres (miles) from Bishkek's Manas airport after the plane suffered a dramatic loss of cabin pressure, said Prime Minister Igor Chudinov.
"According to updated information, 68 were killed" of the total 83 passengers, Chudinov's spokeswoman Rosa Daudova said, adding that "24 Kyrgyz, 52 Iranians, one Turkish national, two Canadians, three Kazakhs and one Chinese" were on board.
Earlier, health ministry spokeswoman Yelena Bayalinova told AFP that 65 passengers were killed, 22 injured and three are...
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