Plane crashes in Sharjah

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Plane crashes in Sharjah. Gulf News was on site as officials sifted through wreckage after a cargo plane crashed near Sharjah airport shortly after take-off. The accident claimed the lives of all six passengers on board. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00Behind me is the scene of destruction that struck Sharjah this afternoon.

00:18A private airline, Azza, carrying cargo to Sudan, crashed here at 3.30 minutes after

00:24it took off from the Sharjah airport.

00:27Officials have confirmed that all the six on board have died in the accident.

00:31It took the civil defence and police two hours to put out the fire at the accident site.

00:37Officials are still going through the wreckage and inspecting the debris.

00:41We have been told that all the six bodies have been recovered and already sent to the

00:45Sharjah Forensic Laboratory for further investigations.

00:48The cause of the accident is still unknown, but police have recovered the black box and

00:53investigations are underway.

00:55Anjana Shankar, Gulf News.

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