Charter Plane Crash Kills All 48 Aboard
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A charter plane burst into flames minutes after takeoff, crashing into a remote jungle in a key diamond-mining region, Angolan authorities said. All 48 people aboard were killed, reports said. The cause of Tuesday evening’s crash was not immediately known. The Antonov-26 had just left the northern town of Saurimo, 500 miles east of Luanda, the capital, when the plane exploded into a fireball, Civil Aviation Director Branco Ferreira said.
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