Azerbaijan cargo plane with 9 aboard crashes in Helmand

KABUL, an Azerbaijan Civil Aviation Authority official was quoted as saying.

Leased from the Azerbaijani Silk Way Company for cargo transportation within Afghanistan, the plane crashed in Helmand province on Wednesday.

RIA Novostireported the plane,conducting cargo missions in Afghanistan, had an international crew of three Ukrainian, five Azeri and one Uzbek nationals.

PAN Monitor/mud