Passenger plane crashes
30/11/2007 07:22  - (SA)  

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Ankara, Turkey - An Atlasjet plane crashed just before landing in central Turkey early on Friday with 56 people aboard, and a police helicopter detected the wreckage, officials said.

The plane's wreckage was seen near the town of Keciborlu in Isparta province, and search and rescue teams were headed to the area, local governor Alper Faruk Gungor said.

There was no immediate information on the passengers' condition.

The plane went off the radar just before landing.

Helicopters took off from Ankara, the capital, to search for the plane, which went missing after it reported it was approaching the airport near the city of Isparta.

The MD 83 jetliner took off from Istanbul at 23:55 GMT, headed to Isparta.

- AP

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