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Old 29th Aug 2001, 14:27
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From SKY News :

Malaga Airport Crash

Three people are thought to have died when an aircraft crash landed near Malaga airport in Spain, on a road only 200 metres short of the runway.

A further 16 were injured when the plane came down just short of the airport, which is used by thousands of tourists every day.

Broken back

Fire engines and ambulances were on the scene to help evacuate passengers. Pictures showed the back of the plane had broken on landing.

The CN-235 plane was operated by Binter, a unit of Spanish national airline Iberia, which runs only five small propeller-driven aircraft on internal flights. It is thought there were 44 people aboard, but it is not known if there were any foreign tourists among them.

It was flying from the little Spanish territory of Melilla, on Morocco's north coast, to Malaga, on the southern Spanish coast.

Helicopters

Danny Ford, of Central Malaga Radio, spoke to Sky News as he watched the emergency services at work. "It came down about 200 metres before the runway. It is not on fire, but fire engines are pumping liquid onto the plane to stop it catching," he said.

Later he said all ambulances had left the scene, but helicopters had arrived to ferry the injured away. "It looks like they might have everyone out of the plane," he said. "They're tending to people on the road."
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