November 28, 2009 at 5:06 am
HANGHAI, Nov 28 (Reuters) – A cargo plane crashed at Shanghai airport on Saturday, injuring four people on board, state media said, without explaining whether the accident happened on landing or take-off.
Thick smoke rose above Pudong airport and firemen were at the scene, Xinhua news agency said.
The cargo plane, “registered in Zimbabwe”, had seven people on board, Xinhua news agency said. The condition of the other three was unknown.
By: Newforest - 28th November 2009 at 09:25
CNN reporting that the plane crashed on take off.
Now confirmed that the plane belonged to Avient. It was Z-BAV, a MD.11 which has only been in service with the airline for about a week.:(
By: Rickt - 28th November 2009 at 05:12
http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/world_news/Zimbabwe-plane-crash-at-Shanghai-airport