Dozens die in Iraq plane crash
Dozens die as chartered plane crashes during Iraq landing attempt
Ankara: Foggy conditions caused a chartered plane to crash while trying to land in Iraq, killing 31 people, Turkish officials said on Tuesday.
The Moldovan Antonov-26, which took off from the Turkish city of Adana early on Tuesday, was carrying about 35 people - including 30 construction workers from a Turkish company.
"The plane came down at about midday Turkish time ... northwest of Balad," a Foreign Ministry official said.
The official put the death toll at 31 and said one person was injured and three were missing. The plane belonged to Moldova's Aerian Tur Airlines.
Adana's governor Cahit Kirac told CNN Turk television that the plane was carrying 29 Turks, one American and a crew comprising one Russian, one Ukrainian and three Moldovans.
Balad is the main US military logistics hub in Iraq, north of Baghdad.
The US military, which controls Iraqi air space, declined to comment.
