Five injured as plane crash lands at Kabul airport

KABUL - A Russian-made cargo plane arriving from Dubai swerved off the runway at Kabul airport in Afghanistan on Monday morning and burst into flames, injuring five crew members, an official told AFP.
"During landing one of its tires burst and the plane slid off the runway catching fire," Mohammed Qasim Jarar, director of Kabul Airport, told AFP after the Antonov AN-12 crash landed.
"But we were able to respond to it very quickly. Five of the crew members were slightly injured and one survived unharmed," he added.
No one was killed and the injured people have been taken to hospital for treatment, Jarar said.

04/25/2005 07:56 GMT