Passegner Jet Crashes – Kyrgvzstans Caiptal, Bishkek,

I see BBC News are using a pic from airliners.net as illustration for their online article. Don’t know about what permission they have

I’d imagine they do…

I see BBC News are using a pic from airliners.net as illustration for their online article. Don’t know about what permission they have

Updated report from CNN. This was a basketball team charter with ninety persons on board. There are reported to be twenty survivors. The aircraft was EX-311.:(

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/24/jet.crash.ap/index.html

Probably a 732, the airline is banned in the EU.

Edit. Reports of 123 passengers, the plane was flying to Mashhad, Iran.

News just in..

A Boeing-737 passenger plane has reportedly crashed shortly after take-off from an airport in the Kyrgyzstan capital of Bishkek.

The plane had around 100 people on board, according to Russian news agencies.

The RIA news agency, which quoted the press service of the US airbase in Bishkek, said the plane crashed on take-off but gave no further details.

The Interfax news agency said the Boeing-737 belonged to a private Kyrgyz company, Itek-Air, and was heading from Kyrgyzstan to Iran.

Source – http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Kyrgyzstan-Boeing-737-Crashes-Shortly-After-Take-Off-At-Airport-In-Capital-Bishkek/Article/200808415085949?lpos=World%2BNews_2&lid=ARTICLE_15085949_Kyrgyzstan%253A%2BBoeing%2B737%2BCrashes%2BShortly%2BAfter%2BTake-Off%2BAt%2BAirport%2BIn%2BCapital%2BBishkek

Cheers

Rick

CNN are reporting it is a B.737. There are casualties. The plane crashed on take off at Bishkek and it was due to fly to Iran. The airline is Itek-Air.