Plane down off Sicily: 11 dead
Saturday, August 6, 2005 Posted: 1514 GMT (2314 HKT)
ROME, Italy (CNN) -- Eleven people are dead and eight have been rescued after an TunisAir flight with at least 35 people on board went down off the coast of Sicily in Italy, according to aviation officials.
CNN's Rome Bureau Chief Alessio Vinci said that reports indicated the plane was afloat and that a rescue attempt was under way.
The ATR 42 aircraft was headed from Bari in southeastern Italy to the Tunisian island of Djerba when it radioed saying it had an engine problem just after 3.20 p.m. local time (1320 GMT).
The plane requested permission to land in Palermo but failed to reach the airport, crash-landing in the sea 13 miles to the north.
Two passengers had been seen on the wings of the plane after it had landed on the water, the emergency services told Reuters.
CNN Rome bureau chief Alessio Vinci contributed to this report
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ROME, Italy (CNN) -- Eleven people are dead and eight have been rescued after an TunisAir flight with at least 35 people on board went down off the coast of Sicily in Italy, according to aviation officials.
CNN's Rome Bureau Chief Alessio Vinci said that reports indicated the plane was afloat and that a rescue attempt was under way.
The ATR 42 aircraft was headed from Bari in southeastern Italy to the Tunisian island of Djerba when it radioed saying it had an engine problem just after 3.20 p.m. local time (1320 GMT).
The plane requested permission to land in Palermo but failed to reach the airport, crash-landing in the sea 13 miles to the north.
Two passengers had been seen on the wings of the plane after it had landed on the water, the emergency services told Reuters.
CNN Rome bureau chief Alessio Vinci contributed to this report
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