- Title: Turkish cargo jet crash kills 37 in Kyrgyzstan
- Date: 16th January 2017
- Summary: NEAR BISHKEK, KYRGYZSTAN (JANUARY 16, 2017) (REUTERS) PEOPLE AND CARS ON SIDE OF ROAD TO MANAS AIRPORT / AMBULANCE DRIVING PAST MILITARY MAN WALKING ALONG ROAD AND CARRYING HELMET VARIOUS OF OFFICIALS GATHERED NEAR CRASH SITE / FIRE ENGINE AND AMBULANCE POLICEMAN STANDING NEAR DESTROYED HOUSE PLANE WRECKAGE SEEN THROUGH TREES BRANCHES POLICE WALKING NEAR FALLEN TREES AND DAMAGED HOUSES PLANE WRECKAGE AND POLICE SEEN THROUGH TREES BRANCHES (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) LOCAL RESIDENT, ANDREI ANDREEV, SAYING: "My name is Andrei Andreev. Around seven o'clock in the morning I heard a strong swat and after that all the nearest houses were shaken. Of course, everyone got frightened and started to run out of the houses to the street. Nobody understood what was going on because there was a fog, the weather was not good." PLANE WRECKAGE DESTROYED HOUSE PLANE PART NEXT TO DESTROYED HOUSE / POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS ON SITE (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) LOCAL RESIDENT, ANDREI ANDREEV, SAYING: "My sister lives not far from here. Thank God, some (of her family) went to work, others to study. They didn't even get scared. What can I tell? People think this might be due to the negligence of the pilots or somebody else because they shouldn't have allowed (the plane to land) because there was a fog." FIREFIGHTERS AND RESCUERS WALKING RESCUERS AND AMBULANCES ON SIDE OF ROAD / ANOTHER AMBULANCE DRIVING PAST FIRE AND FIREFIGHTERS SEEN IN DISTANCE THROUGH TREES BRANCHES
- Embargoed: 30th January 2017 06:04
- Keywords: Kyrgyzstan Bishkek plane crash cargo jet Manas airport Turkish Airlines
- Location: NEAR BISHKEK, KYRGYZSTAN
- City: NEAR BISHKEK, KYRGYZSTAN
- Country: Kyrgyzstan
- Topics: Air Accidents,Disaster/Accidents
- Reuters ID: LVA0015ZBW6KN
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A Turkish cargo jet crashed near Kyrgyzstan's Manas airport on Monday (January 16), killing at least 37 people, most of them residents of a village struck by the Boeing 747 as it tried to land in dense fog, Kyrgyz officials said.
According to the airport administration, the plane was supposed to make a stopover at Manas, near the capital city Bishkek, on its way from Hong Kong to Istanbul. It crashed when trying to land in poor visibility at 7:31 a.m. (0131 GMT).
"Around seven o'clock in the morning I heard a strong swat and after that all the nearest houses were shaken. Of course, everyone got frightened and started to run out of the houses to the street. Nobody understood what was going on because there was a fog, the weather was not good," said local resident Andrei Andreev.
The doomed plane ploughed for a few hundred metres (yards) through the village, shattering into pieces and damaging some 15 buildings.
Initial estimates put the death toll from the crash at 37, said Kyrgyzstan's emergencies ministry.
Kyrgyz officials initially identified the Boeing 747-400 as belonging to Turkish Airlines but Turkish cargo operator ACT Airlines said the jet was theirs.
"Our TC-MCL signed plane, flying on Jan. 16 from Hong Kong to Bishkek, crashed on landing at Bishkek at the end of the runway for an unknown reason," ACT Airlines said in an emailed statement.
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