"A Turkish cargo jet crashed near Kyrgyzstan's Manas airport on Monday, killing at least 30 people, most of them residents of a village struck by the Boeing 747 as it tried to land in the dense fog", Kyrgyz officials said.
According to the airport administration, the plane had to make a stopover at Manas, which is near the capital city Bishkek, on its way from Hong Kong to Istanbul. It crashed while trying to land in poor visibility at 7:31 a.m. (0131 GMT).
"The doomed plane damaged 15 buildings in the village", said Mukhammed Svarov, head of crisis management centre at the emergencies ministry, adding that "at least 30 people had been killed".
Kyrgyzstan's transport ministry said "there were five people on board. It identified the plane as a Turkish Airlines Boeing 747-400, but the company said it belonged to another Turkish firm, ACT Airlines."
"Our condolences to the families of those who have lost their lives in the tragic incident involving an ACT Airlines aircraft in Kyrgyzstan," Turkish Airlines said on its Twitter account.
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