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Many perish in Suriname air crash
Plane on domestic flight crashes with at least 19 people on board.
Last Modified: 03 Apr 2008 17:08 GMT
The ill-fated plane was heading towards the
country's interiors

At least 19 people have been killed after a domestic flight crashed in the former Dutch colony of Suriname. 
 
Kenneth Dors, air traffic services director, said the twin-engine Antonov-AN28 that went down on Thursday morning was run by a local airline, Blue Wing Airlines.
The plane took off from the capital, Paramaribo, and was heading to an area in the country's interior where many foreigners work as miners, most of them Brazilians.
Dors said 19 or 20 people were on board, but officials are still trying to determine the exact number.
 
The cause of the crash was not immediately known.
Source:
Agencies
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