28/07/2011 11:48
Reasons for aircraft crash in South Korea are known
The pilot and co-pilot of an Asiana Airlines cargo plane were killed when the aircraft caught fire and crashed Thursday off South Korea's southern island of Jeju, officials said. Investigations were focusing on whether inflammable material in the hold of the Boeing 747-400 sparked the blaze.
The plane left the country's main international airport at Incheon at 3:05 am, bound for Shanghai's Pudong airport.
But about one hour after take-off the pilot radioed Chinese air traffic controllers in Shanghai that fire had broken out in the hold and that the plane had to divert to Jeju, transport ministry officials said.