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122829
Tue, 05/18/2010 - 18:02
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NATO AIDS SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS IN AFGHAN PLANE CRASH
Baku, May 18 (AzerTAc). Afghan officials say a commercial flight carrying at least 43 passengers crashed Monday in the northern part of the country. The U.S.-led NATO force is involved in search and rescue efforts. NATO`s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) says bad weather is hampering its efforts to help Afghan officials locate the plane and rescue any survivors in the mountainous region where it apparently crashed. Pentagon Spokesman Bryan Whitman outlined the U.S. and international involvement.
"ISAF is providing some search and rescue now for that, in terms of helicopter support, rotary aircraft, as well as, early on, some help in identifying the location that it went down," he said. Whitman says it is too early to determine the cause of the crash, or to provide any other details. Afghan authorities say the Pamir Airways flight went down early Monday while on its way from the northern city of Kunduz to the capital, Kabul.
"ISAF is providing some search and rescue now for that, in terms of helicopter support, rotary aircraft, as well as, early on, some help in identifying the location that it went down," he said. Whitman says it is too early to determine the cause of the crash, or to provide any other details. Afghan authorities say the Pamir Airways flight went down early Monday while on its way from the northern city of Kunduz to the capital, Kabul.
