News / MyCargo Airlines 747-400F hits houses on approach to Bishkek, killing 32

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A MyCargo Airlines 747-400 freighter operated on behalf Turkish Airlines has crashed, killing at least 32 people after striking dozens of houses during an attempted landing at Manas Airport in Bishkek.

Flight TK-6491 from Hong Kong to Istanbul was on its final approach to the Kyrgyzstan capital as part of a planned fuel stop when, according to The Aviation Herald, the aircraft struck a runway fence and subsequently fell onto a housing estate, destroying 30 of 43 houses.

All four crew on ...