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This Article is From Oct 16, 2017

Ivory Coast Says French Cargo Plane Crashed Near Abidjan

(Bloomberg) -- A French cargo plane with 10 people on board crashed near Ivory Coast's commercial capital Abidjan on Saturday.

The Antonov aircraft carrying cargo for the French military crashed into the sea less than 500 meters from the airport, Ivory Coast's Economic Infrastructure Minister Amede Kouakou said by phone.

Four Moldovan nationals died, Issa Sakho, commanding officer of Ivory Coast firefighters, said by phone. The six survivors include four French and two Moldovan nationals, he said.

--With assistance from Olivier Monnier

To contact the reporter on this story: Baudelaire Mieu in Abidjan at bmieu@bloomberg.net.

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Andre Janse van Vuuren at ajansevanvuu@bloomberg.net, Rene Vollgraaff, Rob Verdonck

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