Four dead in French-army chartered cargo plane crash in Ivory Coast

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The Antonov turboprop, chartered by the French army as part of its anti-jihadist Opération Barkhane in north-west Africa and carrying ten people, broke up after crashing into the sea near Abidjan airport, leaving four Moldovan nationals dead and injuring six other people, four of them French.

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A cargo plane has crashed into the sea off Ivory Coast, close to Abidjan airport, killing four people and injuring six, reports BBC News.