Minoan said Fokker 50 aircraft would fly the route, as well as a new regular service between Dublin and Oxford.

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In the latest accident, the aircraft, a Fokker 50 owned by local company CAA, was flying in from the central mining town of Lodja when it came down in heavy rainfall, AFP reports.

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It is believed that the Kish Airline Fokker-50, travelling from the Iranian island, Kish, landed nose-first.

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