‘Most bodies are in pieces’

MORE than 30 charred bodies were retrieved from the wreckage of an aeroplane carrying Spanish peacekeepers that crashed into a mountain in northeastern Turkey yesterday.

‘Most bodies are in pieces’
Tue, 27 May, 2003 - 01:00

All 74 people aboard were killed, officials said.

The charred bodies were strewn across a steep hillside near the town of Macka, 22 miles from Trabzon airport. Rescue workers said they were taking the remains to Trabzon.

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