HALIFAX - A Boeing 747 cargo plane with seven crew members crashed while taking off from the Halifax airport early Thursday. Airline officials and the RCMP fear none of the crew survived.
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The MK Airlines jet, which had been taking off with a load of tractors and seafood shortly before 4 a.m. local time, is lying in an area near the runway.


Fire trucks head to crash site.
It's not known whether any of the crew, from Zimbabwe, South Africa and Britain, survived, but RCMP say it appears unlikely.

"Right now we can confirm that there are believed to be no survivors as a result of the downed airplane," said RCMP Const. Joe Taplin.

The airport is closed, with fire and emergency crews on the scene. Nova Scotia's medical examiner and investigators from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada are also on site.

Video from the airport shows a large orange glow coming from the area of the crash.

The flight had stopped in Halifax to pick up a load of seafood and refuel before heading to Zaragosa, Spain. It had already picked up a load of freight in New York.

Steve Anderson, a spokesperson for the Ghana-based MK Airlines, told CBC Newsworld, said the 20-year-old plane had an "exemplary" service record.

The airline has been flying out of the Halifax airport once a week for the past 18 months and is familiar with the area. There was no rain and some cloud cover at the time of the crash.

"The aircraft basically didn't take off. She continued her rotation and ran off the runway and ran into woods," said Anderson. "We've heard stories of fireballs and all the rest of it, but none of this has actually been confirmed."


Waiting for the crash site to cool down.
Flights in and out of the airport have been cancelled until at least 9 a.m. ADT.

Taxi drivers taking passengers to the airport had reported being turned back, saying all they had been told was that there was some sort of incident.

One witness told a Halifax radio station that he saw two bright flashes in the sky, which turned the sky bright orange.

The airport is about 35 kilometres from the city's downtown.

Last Updated Thu, 14 Oct 2004 08:25:50 EDT , CBC

是货机把 还算幸运

没有乘客，还好点，哎。