WARSAW (Reuters) - A Polish military plane crashed in northern Poland late on Wednesday, with at least one of the 10 people on board feared dead, emergency service officials said.
"According to the information we received from the air force there were 10 people on board, including 4 crew," a fire department spokesman Pawel Fratczak told TVN24 television.
TVN24 said at least one person died in the crash, which occurred as the Spanish-made CASA 295m transport plane was approaching a military airport for landing.
It was carrying officials taking part in an aviation safety conference, TVN24 said
Army plane crash in Poland kills 7
Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:29:57
A CASA C-295M plane
A military plane with 10 people onboard has crashed in northern Poland killing at least seven of its passengers, emergency officials say.
The plane was approaching the airport of Miroslawiec in northwestern Poland when it crashed, said Monika Bak, a spokeswoman for Polish emergency services.
According to Pawel Fratczak, a fire department spokesman, the plane was carrying six passengers and four crew members from Warsaw when it fell to a 'wooded area' from a height of about 500-650 feet and about 2 miles from the Miroslawiec airport.
It was the Spanish-made plane, a CASA, carrying officials taking part in an aviation safety conference.
