A military plane has crashed in Angola yesterday, 30 people died, including three army generals.
Talking to BBC , Luis Caetano government officials said the military plane crashed after leaving the airport city of Huambo. He said, six people survived the crash, including the captain and first officers. Plane crash is pretty new and Embraer to purchase military to transport senior officials.The plane took off from the airport in Huambo Albano Machado and Luada towards the capital.The accident happened at noon.
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The initial report said that 36 people aboard, but Mr. Caetano said that number is 32. The aircraft broke sometimes it crashed to the ground, while 26 corpses, including 20 men and 6 women, have been found from the rubble. The front passenger plane was lucky to survive, but the passengers sitting behind all this was killed by fire. According to an official at the hospital, five of the victims who were injured suffered burns and a level two passengers in serious condition due to third degree burns.
Meanwhile, the pilot said that he did not know what happened. "I do not know what the aircraft is normally run on the runway and took off," Captain Jose Goncalves told AFP in hospital. He also said the Angolan TV that he had to comply with the instructions of air traffic control tower.
One survivor told the hospital that the accident happened so quickly, can not know what just happened, but the pilot seemed to know about technical problems.
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