GHANA: A cargo jet crashes into a minivan at Accra airport after overshooting the runway on landing, killing at least 10 people, according to airport officials
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GHANA: A cargo jet crashes into a minivan at Accra airport after overshooting the runway on landing, killing at least 10 people, according to airport officials
- Title: GHANA: A cargo jet crashes into a minivan at Accra airport after overshooting the runway on landing, killing at least 10 people, according to airport officials
- Date: 4th June 2012
- Summary: ACCRA, GHANA (JUNE 3, 2012) (REUTERS) CRASHED PLANE CLOSE OF CRASHED PLANE TAIL OF CRASHED PLANE ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL WALKING PAST PLANE CROWD OF PEOPLE LOOK AT CRASHED PLANE CLOSE OF PHONE CAMERA SCREEN FILMING CRASHED PLANE MAN FILMING ON PHONE CAMERA CROWDS CRASHED PLANE VARIOUS OF CROWD
- Embargoed: 19th June 2012 13:00
- Keywords:
- Location: Ghana
- Country: Ghana
- Topics: Accidents
- Reuters ID: LVA4G6SQ8IMQNMQDPN7OF0MCF8T1
- Story Text: A cargo jet slammed into a minivan at Ghana's Accra airport on Saturday (June 2) after overshooting the runway on landing, killing at least 10 people, according to airport officials.
The Boeing 727-200 was operated by Nigerian cargo airline Allied Air, Doreen Owusu Fianko, managing director of Ghana Airport Company, told reporters.
The plane had taken off from Lagos, Nigeria, but failed to stop at the end of the runway after it touched down at Accra's Kotoka airport just after 7 p.m. (1900 GMT), she said.
A Reuters witness saw a badly mangled minivan and ten bodies next to the crashed plane, which had parts of its wing and undercarriage torn off.
The airport perimeter wall near the road was smashed. Ambulances, police and military were at the scene.
A doctor at the airport medical clinic next to the runway said he heard "a loud bang and screeches" and then went outside, where he saw a plume of smoke rising from the accident site.
Operations at the airport remained normal with all flights on schedule, Fianko said. Officials did not say what the plane was carrying. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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