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Old 6th Nov 2002, 09:50
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Latest report is that the Captain has survived but sadly the First Officer and a number of passengers have not.

Thoughts and sympathies to all involved.

From the Reuters website:

LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - A Luxair plane on a flight from Berlin has crashed in thick fog near Luxembourg airport, killing at least 10 people, according to a Luxembourg government.
Spokesman Guy Schuller said the twin-engine Fokker 50 plane carrying 19 passengers and three crew members crashed five km (three miles) from the Grand Duchy's international airport.

"Of the 19 passengers, there are reported to be seven or eight survivors," Schuller told Reuters on Wednesday.

The condition of the survivors was not immediately known.

The plane, on a scheduled flight from Berlin-Tempelhof airport, was making its final approach at around 10.15 a.m. (9:15 a.m. British time) when the crash occurred, officials said.

A spokesman for Belgium's defence ministry said Brussels had sent three helicopters to the site of the accident and put a military hospital on alert after neighbouring Luxembourg requested help.

Luxair said the plane had been in service since 1991.

"Luxair deeply regrets having to confirm that flight LG9642/LH2420 coming from Berlin-Tempelhof to Luxembourg was involved this morning in an accident at Niederanven," the airline said in a statement.

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