Aviation

9.1, crash, fatalities

Iraq: thirty people were killed when an Antonov-26 carrying Turkish workers crashed north of Baghdad. The aircraft was travelling from the province of Adana in southern Turkey to Iraq. Thirty construction workers and five crew members were on board the aircraft. Reports said the aircraft crashed while trying to land in foggy conditions. The crash was believed to be the result of a “technical failure”. Officials made no suggestion of hostile fire, although an Iraqi rebel group claimed it had shot the aircraft down.