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Boeing 747 cargo plane crashes enroute from Hong Kong to Istanbul

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At least 37 people have been killed after a Turkish cargo plane crashed into a village near the capital of Kyrgyzstan this morning.

The plane, owned by Turkish airline ACT (known as My Cargo Airlines), crashed near Manas airport on Monday morning at around 7:30am local time (1:30am GMT); flight TK6491 had originated in Hong Kong

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