Viscount Sussex
7th Oct 2007, 10:19
BBC have just reported a crash in the city. Any news?
Syrian plane crash near Damascus kills 3
DAMASCUS, Syria - A small plane crashed in an empty field south of Damascus on Sunday, killing the three-member crew on board, Syria's state-run news agency and witnesses said.
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Syria's official news agency SANA said the plane, a Navajo, belonged to the state-run Public Institution for Topography and had been on a training flight when it crashed because of technical failure. It said the plane's three crew members were killed.
Earlier Sunday, the witnesses said the small plane appeared to be a military aircraft on a training exercise when it crashed in an empty field in Moaddamiyeh, a mostly residential district nine miles south of the Syrian capital. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject.
The discrepancy between the two reports could not immediately be explained. SANA said a committee to investigate the crash had been formed.