Thirty-two killed in a cargo plane crash in Kyrgyzstan

Posted January 15, 2017 10:20 pm.

Last Updated January 15, 2017 10:21 pm.

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BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (NEWS 1130) – The Health Ministry in Kyrgyzstan says a cargo plane has crashed in a residential area just outside the Central Asian country’s main airport, killing 32 people.

The ministry said Monday that the Turkish airline Boeing 747 crash-landed just outside the Manas airport, south of the capital Bishkek, killing at least 15 people in a residential area adjacent to the airport as well as 17 people onboard the plane.

Local emergency services are working on the scene.

Until 2014, the U.S. military operated a military installation at the Manas airport, using it primarily for its operations in Afghanistan.

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