UK army plane crashes near Baghdad

Published January 31, 2005

BAGHDAD, Jan 30: A British military transport plane crashed north west of Baghdad on Sunday, British and US officials said.

A spokesman for Britain's Defence Ministry said he had no details about where the C-130 Hercules transport plane had come down, what had caused it to crash or about any casualties.

US officials said the plane crashed near the Iraqi capital, and media reports said the aircraft was on its way to the city of Balad from Baghdad when it crashed. Hercules transport planes can carry military equipment or large numbers of passengers. -Reuters

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