Wreckage of missing airliner spotted in Afghan mountains

Search planes have spotted the tail of a commercial airliner that disappeared over Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush mountains with 44 people on board, officials said today.

Wreckage of missing airliner spotted in Afghan mountains
Thu, 20 May, 2010 - 09:36

Search planes have spotted the tail of a commercial airliner that disappeared over Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush mountains with 44 people on board, officials said today.

Air traffic controllers lost track of the Antonov-24, operated by Pamir Airways, when it was about 55 miles north of Kabul on Monday.

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