Guest guest Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 A U.S. military aircraft similar to this one has crashed in Albania. (CNN) -- A U.S. military C-130 on a training mission with nine people on board has crashed in Albania during apparent bad weather, and their fate was unknown, a Pentagon official said. The official said the Pentagon didn't know how many were U.S. military personnel. A second military cargo plane on the same training mission was aiding the search-and-rescue effort. An Albanian defense ministry spokesman told The Associated Press the plane had taken off from the capital's Mother Teresa Airport and crashed on Driza Mountain in the district of Gramsh, 80 kilometers (48 miles) southeast of Tirana. " It is thought the people on board have died, but this is not confirmed, " Reuters reported Public Order Ministry spokesman Florion Serjani as saying. Serjani said the mountainous terrain had forced police to abandon their vehicles and proceed to the crash site on foot, according to Reuters. It reported that Albania's general staff chief Pellumb Qazimi had sent troops to the area and would fly helicopters there by dawn. http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/31/albania.crash/index.html http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/62F07928-4FED-4471-87FA-C1E4248346DA.htm Dear List Members, the aviation significator, Venus, and the lords of H4 are afflicted in the rectified charts of both countries. Best wishes, satva Jorge Angelino Rua da Sociedade Filarmónica Perpétua Azeitonense, 29 2925-598 Azeitão Portugal jorge.angelino tel: mobile: 210813674 963916784 Add me to your address book... Want a signature like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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