Thirty people, including three army generals, have been killed after a military plane crashed after takeoff at Huambo airport in central Angola.


"I don't know what happened, the plane was fine during taxi and takeoff, and then I really do not know what happened," captain Jose Goncalves who is one of the survivors said from hospital.

Six survivors were shifted to a military hospital. Five of them received treatment for second degree burn wounds and one was treated for first degree burns, doctors and hospital officials said, AFP reported.

The Brazilian-made aircraft was heading to the capital Luanda. The site of the accident was 550 kilometers southwest of Luanda.

The cause of the crash is still unknown, Angolan authorities said.KWA LUGHA YA KISWAHILI SOMA HAPA.
Ajali ya ndege nchini Angola imesababisha vifo vya watu 26, wakiwemo majenerali wa kijeshi watatu, afisa wa serikali ameiambia BBC.

Luis Caetano, msemaji wa mamlaka ya jimbo la Huambo, alisema ndege hiyo ya kijeshi ilianguka baada ya kuondoka kwenye uwanja wa ndege wa Huambo.

Alisema watu sita waliokoka kwenye ajali hiyo, akiwemo rubani na msaidizi wake.

Waandishi wa habari wamesema ni ndege mpya ya muundo wa Embraer iliyonunuliwa na jeshi kusafirisha maafisa waandamizi.

Taarifa za awali zilisema kulikuwa na abiria 36, lakini Bw Caetano ameiambia BBC walikuwepo 32.

Alisema ndege hiyo ilipasuka ilipopata ajali hiyo na miili ya watu 26- 20 ya wanaume na sita ya wanawake iliopolewa.

Watu waliokuwa wamekaa sehemu ya mbele ya ndege hiyo walinusurika, lakini waliokaa nyuma walifariki dunia kutokana na upande huo kushika moto.

Bw Caetano alisema, mmoja wa walionusurika aliungua sana na alikuwa akipata matibabu hospitalini.

Alisema, rubani aliyezungumza na televisheni ya Angola, alionekana kuchanganyikiwa lakini alisistiza kuwa alifuata masharti yote aliyopewa.

Mmoja wa walionusurika alinukuliwa na gazeti la Sol akiwa hospitali akisema ajali hiyo ilitokea haraka kiasi cha kushindwa kujua tatizo ilikuwa ni nini, lakini rubani alionekana kufahamu kwamba kulikuwa na tatizo la kiufundi.