Airplane Accidents Zaire

Police on Wednesday announced the detention of the four Russian crew members of a plane that slammed into a crowded market here this week, while Zairians began burying the hundreds of victims. Although the Zairian Justice Ministry has issued an official figure of 264 fatalities, a surgeon at Mama Yemo hospital said at least 600 people had been confirmed dead.

Police on Wednesday announced the detention of the four Russian crew members of a plane that slammed into a crowded market here this week, while Zairians began burying the hundreds of victims. Although the Zairian Justice Ministry has issued an official figure of 264 fatalities, a surgeon at Mama Yemo hospital said at least 600 people had been confirmed dead.

A cargo plane plunged onto a busy street just after takeoff Monday and tore through a crowded downtown market, mowing down cars, shacks and pedestrians in a fiery crash that killed about 250 people, and possibly more. Black smoke billowed from the wreckage as soldiers covered victims' bodies with white sheets. Calls went out over national radio and television for people to donate blood for the injured. The dead filled the city's four main hospital morgues. A U.S.

A cargo plane plunged onto a busy street just after takeoff Monday and tore through a crowded downtown market, mowing down cars, shacks and pedestrians in a fiery crash that killed about 250 people, and possibly more. Black smoke billowed from the wreckage as soldiers covered victims' bodies with white sheets. Calls went out over national radio and television for people to donate blood for the injured. The dead filled the city's four main hospital morgues. A U.S.