Turkish cargo jet crash

A Turkish cargo jet has crashed near Kyrgyzstan’s Manas airport today, with at least 37 reported to have been killed, many of the dead were residents of a village struck by the 747 as it tried to land in dense fog. The cargo aircraft was supposed to make a stopover at Manas, near the capital city Bishkek, on its way from Hong Kong to Istanbul, when it crashed when trying to land in poor visibility at 7:31am (0131 GMT), reports Reuters. More than a thousand rescue workers were working on the scene by late morning in the residential area where