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Honduras Plane Crash Kills 4

Posted May 31, 08 6:36 AM CDT in World 

(Newser) – A passenger plane overshot a runway and crashed into a busy street in the Honduran capital yesterday, reports the AP, killing the pilot, two passengers, and a taxi driver. Some 65 others were injured. The Miami-bound Airbus ran out of runway in wet conditions. Tegucigalpa's main airport, considered by pilots to be one of the world's most dangerous approaches, has now been closed to large jets.

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Rescue workers are seen next to a commercial airliner after it crashed in Tegucigalpa, Friday, May 30, 2008.   (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)
A commercial airliner is seen next to a street after it crashed in Tegucigalpa, Friday, May 30, 2008.   (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)
Rescue workers try to pull out passengers and crew members from a commercial airliner after it crashed in Tegucigalpa, Friday, May 30, 2008. .   (AP Photo/Jose Osorio)
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