Witness sees large plane burn, crash in Mogadishu

Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:13am EDT
 
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MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A large, white plane burst into flames in mid-air and crashed in northern Mogadishu on Friday, a Somali witness said.

"I saw the plane on fire...One of the wings exploded in the air...When it hit the ground, another explosion occurred," Hassan Mahamud Jama, a resident of the area, told Reuters.

 

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