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Sudanese army plane crashes, five crew members killed

Xinhua, April 30, 2016 Adjust font size:

Sudanese army on Saturday announced that one of its military planes crashed, killing all five crew members.

The plane was an Antonov freighter which crashed while landing at El Obied airport on Saturday afternoon due to a sudden technical fault, the Sudanese army said.

All crew members, three officers and two non-commissioned officers, were killed, the military said. Endit