Government Minister among plane crash victims in Laos
A Laos air force plane carrying senior government officials has crashed, killing at least five people including the country’s defence minister, Thai officials said.
The Russian-made plane, believed to have had about 20 people on board, left the capital, Vientiane, early on Saturday on its way to an official ceremony in the north-eastern province of Xiangkhoung, about 290 miles away, said a Thai foreign ministry spokesman.
