Air force plane crashes in Angola, 30 dead

An Angolan air force plane crashed in central Moxico province today, killing at least 30 people, state radio reported.

An Angolan air force plane crashed in central Moxico province today, killing at least 30 people, state radio reported.

The plane, an Antonov-12, had been chartered by the Moxico government and crashed as it was trying to land at Lwena, some 1,000 kilometers east of the capital Luanda, the report said.

AFP

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