UPDATE - 'Many Saved' From Jet In Sea
CNN is reporting...Many of the 39 passengers and crew aboard a TunisAir flight have been saved after the aircraft went down Saturday off the coast of Sicily in Italy, according to Italian aviation officials.According to the Italian News Agency (ANSA), At least 24 of the reported 39 passengers and crew who were aboard have been pulled from the cold waters about 19 miles north of Palermo, on the northwestern tip of Sicily.The ATR 72 was headed for the Tunisian island of Djerba, a popular destination for European tourists, when the plane reported an engine problem around 3:20 p.m. (9:20 a.m. ET) and tried to make an emergency landing at Palermo's airport, but landed in the sea 20 minutes later. |
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