Plane veers off runway in Congo, bursts into flames in neighborhood

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

GOMA, Congo -- A Congolese jetliner with about 80 people aboard crashed on takeoff Tuesday, careening off a runway into a busy neighborhood and bursting into flames. At least 21 people were killed, but most of those aboard survived, an airline official said.

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