Seven die as cargo plane crashes in China

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AP , BEIJING
Wednesday, May 19, 2004,Page 5

An Azerbaijani cargo plane crashed yesterday in a forest shortly after takeoff in China's northwest, killing its seven-member crew and igniting an inferno that destroyed the aircraft, the government said.

The Ilyushin 76 jet went down about 10km from the Urumqi airport in the Xinjiang region, the Xinhua News Agency said. It said the plane took off at 10:48am and crashed two to three minutes later.

"Rescuers have found seven charred bodies of the crew of the Azerbaijani cargo plane," Xinhua said. "The plane was completely burned by a fire after the crash. Only debris was left."

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