The
Senegalese National Civil Aviation Agency confirmed on Monday in Dakar
that a small medical evacuation plane carrying seven people, which
crashed off Senegal, collided with a Boeing 737 over the Atlantic Ocean.
It said in
an earlier report that the reasons for the crash of the Air Senegal
aircraft, which was coming from Burkina Faso and went down about 100
kilometres off Senegal’s coast on Saturday, had been unknown.
It said
the medical evacuation plane was carrying a Senegalese doctor and two
nurses, two Congolese and one Algerian national, as well as a French
patient.
It said authorities have dispatched a search and rescue team to the area.
Meanwhile, the aviation agency had on Sunday mistakenly reported that three people from Burkina Faso had been on the flight.
Title : Medical plane collides with Boeing 737 in Senegal
Description : The Senegalese National Civil Aviation Agency confirmed on Monday in Dakar that a small medical evacuation plane carrying seven people, w...
