Sun Jun 3, 2012 8:30am EDT
* Plane carrying normal trading goods
* Aircraft gotten within pool of water
By Kwasi Kpodo
ACCRA, June 3 or more (Reuters) - A Nigerian consignments jet ended up in the pool connected with water while in heavy down pours just before overshooting the actual runway at Ghana's Accra airport on Saturday, regulators said on Sunday.
The Boeing 727-200, operated by Allied Air cargo, rammed with the air-port fencing as well as crashed into two vehicles on the in close proximity street, killing at the very least 10.
"What we all recognize for now is that ?t had been raining during the time and also the planes arrived in a pool of mineral water knowning that created some challenges for the pilot," Doreen Owusu Fianko, taking care of director of Ghana Airports Company told reporters after a check out towards the crash site simply by President John Atta Mills.
Fianko said a joint group which include alternative aviation professionals would end up being announced at a later date Sunday to be able to start investigations in to the crash.
The plane which in turn have removed from out of Lagos throughout Nigeria, failed to visit the final connected with that runway in addition to crashed right taxi taxi plus mini-bus for a neighborhood block merely following 1900 GMT.
Fianko explained this aeroplanes was holding general things such as textiles, perfumes along with apparel coming from Nigeria to the Ivory Coast via Accra.
All four crew, like two pilots survived your crash. "They usually are almost all around excellent health and wellbeing and so are insurance coverage medication on the clinic," Fianko said.
A Reuters observe discovered a badly mangled minivan and ten bodies beside the crashed plane, which often possessed portions of it has the nose, wing and also undercarriage torn off.
The international airport perimeter wall structure near the road had been smashed. Ambulances, police arrest as well as armed service protection have cordoned journey area.
A medical professional with the air port healthcare clinic around your runway reported they listened to "a high in volume beat in addition to screeches" along with and then travelled outside, when they saw some sort of plume involving smoke cigars mounting with the car accident site.
Operations in the air-port stayed normal with most routes about schedule, Fianko said.
Saturday's crash ended up being your first in ages in Ghana whose airspace features a quite higher health and safety record, compared with other countries within the West Africa region. (Editing by means of Bate Felix )
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