Eight dead after Blue Wing passenger plane crashes in Suriname
May 16th, 2010 - 6:39 am ICT by BNO NewsPARAMARIBO, SURINAME (BNO NEWS) — Eight people were killed on Saturday when a Blue Wing Airline passenger plane crashed in a forest in the South American country of Suriname, authorities said.
The crash happened around 3 p.m. local time in a thick forest about 200 miles (321 kilometers) southeast of the capital of Paramaribo. Police spokesman Humphrey Naarden said six passengers and two crew members were on board and had been killed.
The Antonov An-28 has a total capacity of 18 passengers and 2 crew members.
In April 2008, nineteen people were killed when a Blue Wing Airline passenger plane exploded and crashed in Suriname. That accident also involved an Antonov.
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