Plane crashes off coast of Equatorial Guinea

South Korea News.Net
Wednesday 16th April, 2008

Eleven passengers and crew are feared dead in an air crash off the West African coast.

An aircraft from Equatorial Guinea crashed into the sea as it was about to land on the remote Atlantic island of Annobon.

Four bodies have been recovered.

The plane, an Antonov-24 belonging to the Defence Ministry, was carrying leaders of Equatorial Guinea's ruling party, including government ministers.

On Friday an election campaign is due to start on Annobon, a province of Equatorial Guinea with some 5,000 inhabitants.

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