UN staff search for air crash victims

UN peacekeepers and rescue workers searched yesterday for bodies amid the smouldering rubble of a jetliner that careened off a runway, killed at least 38 people and wounded more than 100 when it crashed into a bustling market area. Most of the 79 people on board survived, officials said.

The Congolese DC-9 crashed on Tuesday after failing to lift off in the eastern town of Goma, ramming through an airport fence and bursting into flames.

"I am sure people are buried" under the rubble, said Michel Bwinika, a member of parliament visiting the crash site as police, aid workers and UN soldiers looked for bodies.