UGANDA: A PLANE HAS CRASHED NEAR THE UGANDAN CAPITAL KAMPALA KILLING ALL SIX OF ITS RUSSIAN CREW MEMBERS
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UGANDA: A PLANE HAS CRASHED NEAR THE UGANDAN CAPITAL KAMPALA KILLING ALL SIX OF ITS RUSSIAN CREW MEMBERS
- Title: UGANDA: A PLANE HAS CRASHED NEAR THE UGANDAN CAPITAL KAMPALA KILLING ALL SIX OF ITS RUSSIAN CREW MEMBERS
- Date: 8th January 2005
- Summary: (U7) MPIGI DISTRICT, UGANDA (JANUARY 8, 2005) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. SLV RESCUE WORKERS RUNNING TO PLANE 0.02 2. SLV RESCUE WORKERS REMOVING BODY 0.06 3. SLV HELICOPTER HOVERING ABOVE 0.09 4. SLV/PAN/CU BURNING WRECKAGE (8 SHOTS) 0.45 5. SV MAN INSPECTING THE WRECKAGE 0.52 6. SV BURNIGN WRECKAGE (2 SHOTS) 0.58 7. SLV RESCUE WORKERS REMOVING BODY 1.02 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 23rd January 2005 12:00
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- Location: MPIGI DISTRICT, UGANDA
- Country: Uganda
- Reuters ID: LVADZWH52UXNLWDVSPRAJA12NBK4
- Story Text: A plane has crashed near the Ugandan capital Kampala
killing all six of its Russian crew members.
A privately chartered Antonov plane crashed outside
the Ugandan capital Kampala on Saturday (January 8) killing
all six Russian crew members aboard, a police spokesman
said.
"The plane crashed at 12:49 this afternoon after the
pilot reported engine failure," police spokesman John
Kimera said. "...All six crew of Russian nationality died."
Kimera said the plane, loaded with a vehicle and a
cargo of beans, crashed in a forest in Mpigi district, some
30 km (18 miles) west of Kampala.
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