SUDAN CARGO PLANE CRASHES KILLING 7 CREW

Reuters
June 27 2008
South Africa

KHARTOUM, June 27 (Reuters) – A Sudanese cargo plane crashed in
bad weather on Friday killing seven of the eight crew north of the
southern town of Malakal, an aviation official said.

The survivor was recovering in hospital, said Abu Bakr Jaafar, head
of the Civil Aviation Authority. Earlier this month a Sudan Airways
passenger plane caught fire in Khartoum killing 30 people.

"The crew were three Sudanese, four Ukranian and one Armenian,"
Jaafar said. The plane was travelling from Khartoum to the southern
capital Juba.

The cause was unclear but Jaafar said the survivor told them all four
engines of the Antonov 12 plane failed after being hit twice by what
appeared to be lightning. The plane belonged to the Juba Cargo Company,
he added. (Reporting by Opheera McDoom; editing by Stephen Weeks)