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10 dead in Poland air crash: fire services
Ten people have been killed when a Polish military transport aircraft crashed at an airport in Poland.
Updated on: Jan 25, 2008, 06:47:25 IST
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Ten people have been killed on Wednesday when a Polish military transport aircraft crashed as it was coming in to land at an airport in the northwest of Poland, the local fire services told
AFP.
The Spanish-built CASA transporter was approaching the West Pomeranian town of Miroslawiec , site of a Polish air force base, when it went down in woods close to the runway, igniting a fire.
"According to the military, there were six passengers and four crew on board," fire services spokesman Pael Fratczak told Poland's TVN24 all-news television channel before news of the fatalities emerged.
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