World IN BRIEF : VIETNAM : Plane Carrying 30 Crashes in Typhoon
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A Vietnam Airlines airliner with 30 people aboard, including nine foreigners, crashed in a typhoon Saturday after taking off from Ho Chi Minh City, the airline said. Search teams were still trying to find the crash site, and there was no news of any survivors, a spokesman said. The Soviet-made plane, which was heading for the southern resort town of Nha Trang, was carrying 15 Vietnamese passengers and nine foreigners as well as the six crew.
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