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MOSCOW, Jan 16 (KUNA) -- At least 30 people were killed as a cargo aircraft belonging to Turkish Airplanes crashed close to Kyrgyzstan capital, Bishkek, Russian RIA Novisti News Agency reported on Monday.
The ill-fated Boing 747 jet was on a trip from Hong Kong to Bishkek before it fell on a residential area in the capital's suburbs, the Agency quoted Kyrgyz sources as saying.
The fall of the aircraft resulted in the destruction of 32 houses and injury of tens of people in a primary toll, according to the sources.
Meanwhile, the sources indicated that bad weather could be the cause of the crash.(end).
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