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Turkish Airlines has stated that neither its
Aircraft nor crew
members are involved
in an accident that occurred early hours of today (Monday)
A cargo flight with TC-MCL registration
number, operated by ACT Airlines, departed from Hong Kong International Airport
(HKG) to Bishkek Manas International Airport (FRU) had an accident near Bishkek
at around 01:40 UTC.
It will be recalled that the cargo jet
crashed near Kyrgyzstan's Manas airport on Monday, killing at least 37 people,
most of them residents of a village struck by the Boeing 747 as it tried to
land in dense fog, Kyrgyz officials said.
According to the airport administration, the
plane was supposed to make a stopover at Manas, near the capital city Bishkek,
on its way from Hong Kong to Istanbul. It crashed when trying to land in poor
visibility at 7:31am (0131 GMT).
Reports of the death toll ranged from 37
people, according to emergency officials, to 31 people, according to the
presidential press office that said rescue teams have recovered 31 bodies as
well as body fragments of nine bodies.
More than a thousand rescue workers were
working on the scene by late morning in the residential area where 15 houses
have been destroyed, Deputy Prime Minister Mukhammetkaly Abulgaziyev said.
The cause of the crash was not immediately
clear. Kyrgyz Emergency Situations Minister Kubatbek Boronov told reporters
that it was foggy Monday morning at Manas when the plane came down but weather
conditions were not critical.
Turkish media reports say the plane belonged
to an Istanbul-based cargo company ACT and it had departed from Hong Kong.
Meanwhile, Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut
Cavusoglu has called his Kyrgyz counterpart, Erlan Abdildaev, to offer Turkey's
condolences, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.
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