Scores killed in Kyrgyz plane crash

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

BISHKEK (AFP) — A passenger jet belonging to an airline on a European blacklist crashed after take-off from the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, killing 65 people, officials said Monday.

Many foreigners perished in the crash of the Boeing 737 bound for Tehran that went down a few kilometres from Bishkek airport on Sunday evening.

There were 51 nationals from Canada, China, Iran, Kazakhstan and Turkey among the 90 passengers, the Kyrgyz prime minister's office said Monday.

"According to the latest information 65 people were killed, 22 were hospitalised with various injuries and three returned home after receiving medical help," Prime Minister Igor Chudinov said at meeting to brief President Kurmanbek Bakiyev.

Bakiyev ordered a national day of mourning for...

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