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Cargo plane crashes in Philippines, killing 3

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-04-22 08:50

MANILA - A cargo plane crashed in Pampanga province of northern Philippines last night killing three of its six crew, aviation authority said Thursday.

Cargo plane crashes in Philippines, killing 3

A girl walks near the wreckage of a Russian cargo plane Antonov 12BP, operated by Pacific East Asia Cargo Airline, that crashed in a rice paddy in Mexico, Pampanga in northern Philippines April 22, 2010. Three crew members survived, while other three others were killed in the crash. [Agencies]

The Russian-made aircraft crashed in San Patricio in Pampanga at about 8:50 p.m. Wednesday night, said Alfonso Cusi, director general of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP).

The aircraft took off from the Mactan/Cebu International Airport and was bound for the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport when the incident happened.

According to the CAAP, the aircraft had three Russian, two Uzbekistan and a Bulgarian national. Three of the six crew members reportedly perished while the three others sustained injuries.