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Fatalities in Sudan plane crash Fatalities in Sudan plane crash
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A cargo plane has crashed near Khartoum airport in Sudan killing all four of its crew, officials have said.A cargo plane has crashed near Khartoum airport in Sudan killing all four of its crew, officials have said.
The country's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) told the BBC the plane crashed just after take-off. The four dead crew members were all Russian.The country's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) told the BBC the plane crashed just after take-off. The four dead crew members were all Russian.
Eyewitnesses reported seeing the plane career across a road and hit power lines before exploding in a "fireball" near an office block. Witnesses at the scene said the plane seemed to have careered across a road and hit power lines before exploding in a "fireball" near an office block.
Sudan has a poor reputation for air safety, especially on domestic flights.Sudan has a poor reputation for air safety, especially on domestic flights.
About 30 people died earlier this month when a plane burst into flames after landing at Khartoum airport.About 30 people died earlier this month when a plane burst into flames after landing at Khartoum airport.
Plane 'disintegrated'Plane 'disintegrated'
The CAA's Abdel Rahim told the Associated Press that the Russian cargo plane was heading for southern Sudanese city of Juba, but crashed "about one kilometre or so from the airport". The CAA's Abdel Rahim said the Russian cargo plane was heading for southern Sudanese city of Juba, but crashed "less than one kilometre or so from the airport".
Eyewitnesses told the BBC's Amber Henshaw in Khartoum that the plane crashed through power lines and skidded across a major road, before disintegrating on a patch of wasteland near an office block. Witnesses at the crash site told the BBC's Amber Henshaw that the plane seemed to have crashed through power lines and skidded across a major road, before disintegrating on a patch of wasteland near an office block.
"It had a good run down the runway and it got airborne", one witness said.
"Then it started a left-hand turn and it looked like his wing stalled so the air was going over the wing not under it. There was an explosion and a huge plume of smoke."
Another witness added: "It had barely left the ground - maybe just 50ft in the air - and it veered suddenly to the left and it blew up into a fireball."
The cargo plane took off just before 0700 local time (0400 GMT), but then experienced a problem with one of its wings and crashed at the end of the runway, according to witnesses.The cargo plane took off just before 0700 local time (0400 GMT), but then experienced a problem with one of its wings and crashed at the end of the runway, according to witnesses.
"Parts of the plane are lying everywhere. There are huge patches of dark engine oil," one bystander told Reuters news agency after the crash. Our correspondent says there is little left of the plane, and the wreckage is scattered across a wide area.
Another witness described hearing a large explosion at the time.