Brit Air aircraft down
Pilot killed but 23 survive plane crash in France
23.06.2003 1.24 pm
NANTES, France - A plane carrying 24 passengers and crew crashed in northwest France on Sunday night killing the pilot, police said.
Three people were injured when the plane ploughed into a road near Brest airport in France's Brittany region just before midnight (10am today NZT). The other 20 onboard escaped relatively unscathed, a police official said.
France's France Info radio reported the aircraft belonged to Brit Air, a unit of French flag carrier Air France. - REUTERS