Briton killed in Sudan plane crash

Thursday, 09 Jul, 2003 0

But toddler’s survives after being pulled from wreckage of Boeing 737

One British man is believed to have been among 115 people killed in a plane crash in Sudan yesterday – but rescuers are hailing the survival of a two-year-old boy as a miracle.

The Sudan Airways Boeing 737 came down near Port Sudan airport on the Red Sea coast as it flew towards the country’s capital Khartoum; reports suggest it had travelled less that three miles before it crashed.

The Foreign and Commonwealth has confirmed that a British man who had been working in Sudan was on board but no further details have yet been released. A spokesman for the Sudan government has stated that the two-year-old, who lost a leg in the crash, is in hospital and doing well despite everything he has been through.

The BBC News website reports that at least seven foreign nationals – three Indians, one Briton, a Chinese, an Ethiopian, and a United Arab Emirates national – were killed in the crash.



 



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