from Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A passenger plane crashed at the airport of Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek with around 100 people on board, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday.
RIA news agency quoted the press service of the U.S. airbase located at the Bishkek airport Manas as saying the plane crashed on take-off.
"At the moment rescue teams, fire brigades and medics are rushing to the crash site," an airbase spokeswoman told RIA.
Interfax news agency quoted an airport source as saying the Boeing-737 belonged to a private Kyrgyz company Itek-Air and was bound for Iran.
The source said that according to preliminary information 100 people were on board.
All carriers in Kyrgyzstan are subject to a blanket ban on operations to the European Union.
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