Sudan: minister and (32) other people die in plane crash

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killed along with 20 others in helicopter crash: correspondent


(AGI) Cairo - A Sudanese minister and 20 other people were killed in a plane crash, Al Arabiya television correspondent reported.

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Sudan Minister 'Among 31' Dead In Plane Crash

Government minister Khalil Abdalla was reported to be among those on board the flight which crashed in Talodi on Sunday morning.

The plane came down in the war-torn South Kordofan state as it was landing in Talodi for a function marking the Muslim Eid holiday on Sunday.

Abdelhafiz Abdelrahim, a spokesman for the Sudan Aviation Authority, said: "All people on board were killed."

He added that the aircraft was landing at around 6:00BST when "an explosion was heard and the plane was destroyed".

Al Arabiya reported that Guidance and Endowments Minister Khalil Abdalla was on board the flight.

There was no immediate official confirmation of the report.

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Crash: Alfa Aviation AN24 or AN26 near Talodi on Aug 19th 2012

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An Alfa Airlines Sudan, Antonov 24 or Antonov 26 on behalf of Sudan's Government, charter flight from Khartoum to Talodi (Sudan) with 31 people on board, has crashed into a slope of the Nuba mountains south of Talodi at about 08:00L (05:00Z). All occupants perishe in the impact.

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The death toll of a plane crashed on Sunday in Sudan jumped to 32

The death toll of a plane which crashed earlier on Sunday in South Kordofan state jumped to 32

KHARTOUM, Aug 19 (KUNA) -- The death toll of a plane which crashed earlier on Sunday in South Kordofan state jumped to 32, including two ministers, the presidential office revealed.
Khartoum's state minister for youth and sports and the state minister for tourism were among those killed in the incident, along with the education minister for the capital state of Khartoum, the office was quoted as saying by Sudan's news agency, SUNA.
Another ten, including three generals, belonged to the country's security forces, it is understood.
Also killed was the chief of the Justice political party, four media personnel, the head of Khartoum North municipality, a member of parliament, and other officials.
The group of officials were heading to Talodi town to attend Eid Al-Fitr celebrations scheduled to be held there.
It is not the first time that Sudanese officials die in similar circumstances as former vice president Maj. Gen. Zubair Mohamed Salih died in a plane crash in 1998.
Also in 2008, at least 30 people died when a Sudan Airways jet burst into flames on landing in Khartoum.

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