Russian made cargo plane crashes in Karachi

A Russian-made cargo plane crashed soon after take off from Karachi airport in the small hours of Sunday, an official of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said. He said that IL-78 Russian-made aircraft of Sunways Airline of Russia with a crew of eight had taken off from Karachi airport for Khartoum, Sudan when it came down immediately after take off. He said the Control Tower informed that soon after take off the cargo plane caught fire. The CAA official further stated that the plane fell on an under-construction building in Dalmia area near the airport.

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