January 9, 2003	Thursday	Ziqa’ad 5, 1423

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DIYARBAKIR (Turkey), Jan 8: At least 74 people were killed when a Turkish Airlines passenger plane on a domestic flight crashed in southeastern Turkey on Wednesday, officials and witnesses said.

“Apart from the five who have been reported injured it may be that the others have died,” a senior police official said.

A hospital source in the city of Diyarbakir told newsmen five bodies had already been brought to the hospital.

“Unfortunately, some passengers burned to death,” Transport Minister Binali Yildirim told reporters.—Reuters