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Sudanese Cargo Plane Crash

On Wednesday, October 21, 2009, a Sudanese Cargo plane crashed in the United Arab Emirates. The Boeing 707 crashed in an unpopulated desert about 2 or 3 miles after take-off, killing 6 or 7 people. The 6 or 7 people were all crew on the plane. The cause of the plane crash is still unclear, but Sheik Khalid al-Qassimi, director of the Sharjah airport aviation, says that the "black box" flight recorders have been recovered and will inform them of more information on what caused the crash.

Both of the sources stated all of the main points on the Sudanese plane crash. The Seattle Times did mention though, that the number of people on the plane could have been seven, while Al Jazeera said that it was six crew members exactly. The Seattle Times also had a longer article than Al Jazeera, and more background information on the planes and airports. Even though the Seattle Times had a longer article, it did not contain any pictures while the Al Jazeera article did.

Sources: Seattle Times- [|http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010106987_apmlemiratesplanecrash.html] Al Jazeera- []

I think that the coverage on this news story by these two sources was very good. I hadn't even heard of the plane crash until I read these articles, and I also probably never would have either, so I'm glad that I did because it was very interesting to hear about this. In my opinion, I think that it was very unfortunate that the plane crashed, because even one life lost is one too many, but considering all of the plane crashes that do happen, and how many people often die, it was lucky that there was not more deaths.