May 19, 2016 - 09:14 AMT
7 die as Azerbaijani plane crashes in Afghanistan

A freight plane of Azerbaijan's Silk Way airline crashed on Wednesday, May 18 in Afghanistan, killing seven of its nine crew, Azerbaijan's civil aviation administration said, according to Reuters.

It said the plane had crashed after taking off from Dwyer airport in Afghanistan. The crew were from Azerbaijan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.