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| Cargo plane crashes into sea off Ivory Coast with three deaths | |
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| A cargo plane has crashed into the sea off Ivory Coast, shortly after taking off from Abidjan airport, with three people dead and several injured. | |
| The wreckage of the turboprop plane was swept toward a beach where rescuers could be seen treating what appeared to be surviving crewmen. | |
| The plane was carrying freight for the French army, security sources told local news site Koaci. | |
| It is said to have crashed in heavy rain, coming down near Port-Bouët. | |
| A witness told Reuters news agency four people had been killed: two bodies were removed from the plane while a further two could be seen in the wreckage. | |
| But local news site Ivoire Matin reported three deaths and six people injured. One person has been taken into custody, it added. | |
| According to the site, ten people were aboard the plane when it crashed. | |
| It appears that the plane was a Ukrainian-made Antonov. | |
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