Cargo jet crash kills dozens in Kyrgyzstan village

Posted online January 16, 2017 | 12:35 pm

A cargo jet crashed into a village near Kyrgyzstan's main airport on Monday, according to NBC News.

The Boeing 747 was trying to land amid intermittent dense fog. Dozens of people on the ground were killed along with 20 destroyed houses.

Reports of the death toll on Monday ranged from 37 people according to emergency officials in the Central Asian nation, to 31 reported by the presidential press office.

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