Plane Bursts Into Flames in Sudan; 200 Aboard
Plane bursts into flames after landing at Sudan airport; about 200 passengers aboard
By MOHAMED OSMAN Associated Press Writer
KHARTOUM, Sudan June 10, 2008 (AP) The Associated Press
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A plane carrying about 200 passengers veered off a runway late Tuesday amid thunderstorms and burst into flames. The number of casualties was not immediately known.

An Associated Press reporter at the scene said the plane arriving from Amman, Jordan apparently left the runway as it landed in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan.

The head of Sudanese police, Mohammad Najib, said bad weather "caused the plane to crash land, split into two and catch fire."

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But he stressed that officials could not say for sure how many were killed.


The plane took off from Damascus, Syria, Najib said. Al-Jazeera television station said it was a Sudanese Airways passenger jet, and Najib confirmed the plane was from a Sudanese airline.

Sudan has a poor aviation safety record. In May, a plane crash in a remote area of southern Sudan killed 24 people, including key members of the southern Sudanese government.

In July 2003, a Sudan Airways Boeing 737 en route from Port Sudan to Khartoum crashed soon after takeoff, killing all 115 people on board.

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Horrible, been watching it live at CNN. 

that is horrible.

To all the 115 people that were killed R. I. P.

I will see you all soon, but not very soon.

make sure you say hi to my grandmother for me. Her name is Elizabeth Cox.

Is this some kind of joke or what? Those are human lives; husbands, wiVes and kids, Mothers, fathers have just been lost, do you realise the agony of all that?You better show some real respect or hush up!   

babycool:

Is this some kind of joke or what? Those are human lives; husbands, wiVes and kids, Mothers, fathers have just been lost, do you realise the agony of all that?You better show some real respect or hush up!

do u see me laughing. Better Be Cool.

babycool:

Is this some kind of joke or what? Those are human lives; husbands, wiVes and kids, Mothers, fathers have just been lost, do you realise the agony of all that?You better show some real respect or hush up!

That is what we see when kids are let loose on the internet without proper tutelage