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| Cargo plane crashes into sea off Ivory Coast in heavy rain | |
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| An aircraft has crashed into the sea off Ivory Coast, shortly after taking off from the international airport of the main city Abidjan, with reports of several dead or injured people. | |
| It was a cargo plane carrying freight for the French army, security sources told local news site Koaci. | It was a cargo plane carrying freight for the French army, security sources told local news site Koaci. |
| Reports suggest it was a Ukrainian or Russian turboprop Antonov plane. | |
| It crashed in heavy rain and the wreckage was swept back towards the shore near Port-Bouët. | It crashed in heavy rain and the wreckage was swept back towards the shore near Port-Bouët. |
| At least four people were killed, a witness told Reuters news agency. | |
| Rescue workers have removed two bodies from the plane while a further two could be seen in the wreckage, the agency says. | |
| Other reports suggest that several members of the crew survived. | |
| Ivory Coast country profile |