SCOTTY / ALL:
CNN seems to have the best coverage thus far, although I can't speak for the BBC.UK site you posted because it wouldn't w=
ork on my browser. But, as in the Milan crash, let's hold judgement until a good portion of the facts are in.
--- Mike Burris
Cambridge, Mass / USA, 12:34 pm, EST
Jet makes crash landing near Tunis
May 7, 2002 Posted: 12:24 PM EDT (1624 GMT)
TUNIS, Tunisia (CNN) -- An Egyptian airliner with 60 people on board is reported to have crash landed near the Tunisian c=
apital of Tunis.
The Boeing 737-500 was on a flight from Cairo to Tunis when the pilot attempted to make an emergency landing.
It is not clear whether the plane landed safely or crashed during the maneouvre.
Some news agency reports said it had plunged into a hill.
Fifty-five passengers and five crew were on board the aircraft when it went down in Nahli, in the northern part of the ca=
pital, about six kilometres (four miles) from the airport.
Some on board are reported to be alive and have been taken to hospital.
The control tower had lost contact with the plane a few seconds earlier, just after the pilot sent out a distress call, T=
he Associated Press reported.
Weather was foggy and rainy at the time of the incident, with sandstorms blowing in from the Sahara Desert.
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