Four dead as plane crashes into sea off Ivory Coast in heavy rain
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Published: 10:27, 14 October 2017
Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
International Desk: An aircraft has crashed into the sea off Ivory Coast, shortly after taking off from the international airport of the main city Abidjan, with reports of four dead and several injured people.
It was a cargo plane carrying freight for the French army, security sources told local news site Koaci.
Reports suggest it was a Ukrainian or Russian turboprop Antonov plane.
It crashed in heavy rain and the wreckage was swept back towards the shore near Port-Bouët.
Source: BBC, Reuters
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