Fire on cargo airplane kills five in Egypt

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Fire on cargo airplane kills five in Egypt
Published: Feb. 20, 2009 at 11:13 AM

LUXOR, Egypt, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Five crew members on a Ukrainian cargo
plane were killed Friday after the aircraft caught fire in the
Egyptian city of Luxor, an official said.

Emad Salam, Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority chairman, said the plane
caught fire as it was preparing to leave Luxor airport, where it had
stopped to refuel, the Kuwait News Agency, KUNA, reported.

Salam said firefighters battled the blaze but were unable to save the
crew members.

The airplane had been traveling from Uganda's Entebbe airport to
Ukraine, the aviation official told KUNA.

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