{"id":13976,"date":"2016-10-24T12:38:43","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T12:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=13976"},"modified":"2016-10-24T12:38:43","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T12:38:43","slug":"crash-at-malta-airport-kills-five-covers-runway-in-large-fireball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/crash-at-malta-airport-kills-five-covers-runway-in-large-fireball.html","title":{"rendered":"Crash at Malta Airport Kills Five, Covers Runway in Large Fireball"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Crash at Malta Airport Kills Five, Covers Runway in Large Fireball<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Crash at Malta Airport Kills Five, Covers Runway in Large Fireball:-<\/strong> Five people died after their plane crashed during takeoff from the Mediterranean archipelago of Malta early Monday, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A fireball belched black smoke from the runway of Malta International Airport and all departures and arrivals were <\/span>cancelled<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"> until further notice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Fairchild Metroliner crashed at around 7:20 a.m. local time (1:20 a.m. ET) and witnesses interviewed by the Maltese government said there was no midair explosion before the aircraft slammed into the ground.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Edward De Gaetano, an actor from London, was on board another plane about to take off when he saw a &#8220;massive explosion and another explosion&#8221; outside his window.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;Once we found out a plane had crashed next to us, the panic started really to set in,&#8221; said De Gaetano, who had been on the island with his girlfriend for a friend&#8217;s wedding. &#8220;We couldn&#8217;t do anything, everyone tried to be as calm as possible. We had to stay put.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">He spoke with NBC News from the departure lounge after his plane was taken back to the terminal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Maltese government said the twin-propeller plane was part of a surveillance operation by French customs officials to track drug and human trafficking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Malta sits along one of the main routes for migrants and refugees attempting the perilous sea journey between North Africa and Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The government said all five killed were French nationals, and that the plane was registered in the U.S. and leased to a company in Luxembourg.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">However, a spokeswoman for France&#8217;s customs department told NBC news that none of those killed were French customs officials. She could not immediately confirm whether the aircraft was being used by the agency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/storyline\/isis-terror\/battle-mosul-why-turkey-bombing-anti-isis-fighters-iraq-syria-n670511<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/crash-at-malta-airport-kills-five-covers-runway-in-large-fireball.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crash at Malta Airport Kills Five, Covers Runway in Large Fireball Crash at Malta Airport Kills Five, Covers Runway in Large Fireball:- Five people died after their plane crashed during takeoff from the Mediterranean archipelago of Malta early Monday, officials said. 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