/ 14 September 2011

Dozens dead in Angola plane crash

At least 30 people -- including three Angolan generals -- have been killed after a military aircraft crashed at an airport in Huambo, south of Luanda.

At least 30 people were killed, including three generals, when an Angolan military aircraft crashed on Wednesday at an airport in Huambo, local media said.

The plane with 36 people on board belonged to the air force and authorities were trying to reach the crash site 550km south-west of the capital Luanda, Rádio Nacional de Angola and news agency Angop said in reports monitored in Johannesburg.

The cause of the crash is still unknown, they said. — Reuters