Reply #2: Reuters: Iraq official says plane from Turkey not shot down

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Iraq official says plane from Turkey not shot down
10 Jan 2007 06:53:32 GMT
Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, Jan 10 (Reuters) - A plane crash that killed 31 people flying from Turkey
to Iraq on Tuesday is believed to be the result of a "technical failure", an Iraqi
transport ministry official said on Wednesday.

Officials have made no suggestion of hostile fire, although an Iraqi rebel group
claimed it had shot the plane down.

"It was not shot down," Transport Ministry media director Ahmed Abdul Wahab told
Reuters. "It is believed to have been a technical failure but the investigation is
continuing," he said.

He added that it crashed near a U.S. base so U.S. authorities were handling the
matter and he had no more details.

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