Boeing 747 freighter crash into Kirghizstan village on approach to airport, at least 37 dead.

Kirghizstan : le crash d’un avion-cargo sur un village fait au moins 37 morts

L’appareil s’est écrasé au petit matin sur des habitations près de l’aéroport de Bichkek. (Near it’s northern border with Kazachstan)

Débris de l\'avion-cargo turc qui s\'est écrasé sur le village de Datcha-Souou, au Kirghizstan, lundi 16 janvier 2017. 
Débris de l’avion-cargo turc qui s’est écrasé sur le village de Datcha-Souou, au Kirghizstan, lundi 16 janvier 2017.  (NEZIR ALIYEV / ANADOLU AGENCY / AFP). The crash debris in the Kerghizstan village of the Turkish aircraft.
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L’appareil s’est écrasé au petit matin. Au moins 37 personnes ont été tuées lundi 16 janvier dans le crash d’un avion-cargo turc sur des habitations près de l’aéroport de Bichkek, la capitale du Kirghizstan. Ce Boeing 747 de la compagnie aérienne turque ACT Airlines (connue également comme MyCargo), en provenance de Hong Kong, s’est écrasé sur le village de Datcha-Souou, près de l’aéroport de Manas, à 7h40 locale (2h40 heure française), selon le ministère kirghize des Situations d’urgence.

The aircraft crashed in early morning. At least 37 people were killed when the Turkish cargo aircraft crashed into houses near Bichkek airport, the Kirghizstan State capital. The Turkish ACT /MyCargo aircraft, enroute from Hong Kong crashed into the village of Datcha-Souou, near Manas airport at 07h40 local, (01h40 Irish time), according to local emergency authorities.   

Selon le ministère de la Santé, la grande majorité des victimes sont des habitants du village. Six enfants ont péri dans le crash, ainsi que quatre pilotes de l’avion, ont précisé les services médicaux. “L’avion s’est écrasé sur les maisons, il a tué des familles entières”, a raconté un témoin de l’accident qui n’a pas voulu donner son nom. Ses débris en flammes ont endommagé au total 43 maisons, dont 15 ont été détruites, selon le ministère des Situations d’urgence.

According to the minister of health, most of the victims lived in the village. Six children perished in the crash, also the four on-board pilots, said the medical services. “The aircraft crashed into the houses and killed whole families” said a witness, who didn’t want to be named. It’s debris and flames damaged 43 houses in total, including 15 completely destroyed, according to emergency services.

Il ne reste rien des maisons, les gens ont été tués avec toute leur famille et leurs enfants, beaucoup de personnes étaient en train de dormir. Un témoin de l’accident.

Nothing was left of the houses, people were killed with all their children, most people were asleep, said a witness.

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“ACT Airlines regrette profondément d’annoncer qu’un accident est arrivé au Boeing 747-400 TC-MLC lors du vol de Hong Kong à Bichkek”, a indiqué la compagnie dans un communiqué. Fondée en 2004 et basée à Istanbul, ACT Airlines est détenue à 49% par le groupe chinois HNA Group et a été rebaptisée en 2011 MyCargo. Le président kirghize, Almazbek Atambaïev, a exprimé ses condoléances aux familles des victimes et a ordonné au gouvernement d’“enquêter soigneusement sur les origines de la tragédie”, selon un communiqué de la présidence. Il a également proclamé le deuil national dans le pays pour mardi.

“ACT Airlines deeply regret to announce the occurance of an accident of their Boeing 747-400 cargo, Registration TC-MLC, on a flight from Hong-Kong to Bichkek” the company said in a communiqué. Founded in 2004 and based in Istanbul, ACT Airlines, (held  49% by Chinese group HNA) and rebranded MyCargo in 2011. The Kirghize president Almazbek Atambaïev, expressed his condolences to the victims families and ordered the government “..to carry out a careful investigation into the cause of the tragedy..” He also declared Tuesday to be a national day of mourning throughout the country.

Pour des raisons indéterminées, l’appareil a manqué la piste lors de atterrissage a l’escale à Bichkek et s’est écrasé sur un village à quelques kilomètres de l’aéroport, selon l’agence Tass qui cite le ministre des Transports du Kirghizistan, Zhamshitbek Kalilov. « Pour le moment, nous ne pouvons pas dire pourquoi il a manqué la piste, si cela est dû à un dysfonctionnement technique ou aux conditions météorologiques » , a déclaré le ministre.

For reasons yet unknown, the aircraft missed the runway during it’s landing on the airport stop-over and crashed into the village a few kilometers away. For the moment we don’t know why it missed the runway, if it is technical or weather conditions” declared the Kirghizistan minister for transport.

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