/ 6 July 1999

FIFTH RUSSIAN CREW MISSING IN ANGOLA

RUSSIA has confirmed that a Russian flight crew have been captured by Unita after their Angolan-owned Antonov-12 transport plane caught fire and was forced to land in Unita-controlled territory on Wednesday. Unita have confirmed that one of the Russians died in the fire; the others are being held in captivity. This is the fifth Russian crew to crash or disappear over Angola in the past ten months. — AFP.