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    July 26, 2011

78 Killed in Moroccan Military Plane Crash

   VOA News

   A Moroccan military transport plane has crashed in a southern region,
   killing at least 78 people.
   The country's state-run MAP news agency says the Royal Armed Forces
   C-130 aircraft hit a mountain Tuesday as the pilot was preparing to
   land at an airport near the town of Guelmim.
   The report says bad weather was a cause of the crash.
   The news agency says three people survived with serious injuries.
   It says the Moroccan plane carried 60 soldiers, 12 civilians and 9 crew
   members.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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