Plane Crashed en Route to Libya to Monitor Migrant Trafficking

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Malta Says Plane Crashed en Route to Libya to Monitor Migrant Trafficking

small plane heading toward Libya's coast to monitor migrant trafficking routes for the French government crashed soon after takeoff from Malta's airport Monday, killing all five French crew members, authorities said.

The twin-prop Fairchild Metroliner banked to the right and slammed into the ground in a huge fireball soon after lifting off at 7:20 a.m. (0520 GMT), according to video of the moment captured by a dashboard videocam and posted on Facebook.

The French defense ministry said the victims — three defense ministry officials and two private contractors — had been conducting a surveillance operation. Malta's government said the flight was part of a French Customs operation tracing routes of illicit trafficking, both of humans and drugs, leaving Libya's lawless coasts.[/url]

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Plane Crashes on Takeoff at Malta Airport, 5 Aboard Killed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylhzNRkSpn8
Malta Says Plane Crashed en Route to Libya to Monitor Migrant Trafficking
By The Associated Press
VALLETTA, Malta — Oct 24, 2016, 7:34 AM ET
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/plane-crashes-takeoff-malta-airport-aboard-killed-43009561

  "A small plane heading toward Libya's coast to monitor migrant
   trafficking routes for the French government crashed soon after takeoff
   from Malta's airport Monday, killing all five French crew members,
   authorities said.
   
   The twin-prop Fairchild Metroliner banked to the right and slammed into
   the ground in a huge fireball soon after lifting off at 7:20 a.m. (0520
   GMT), according to video of the moment captured by a dashboard videocam
   and posted on Facebook.
   
   The French defense ministry said the victims — three defense ministry
   officials and two private contractors — had been conducting a
   surveillance operation. Malta's government said the flight was part of
   a French Customs operation tracing routes of illicit trafficking, both
   of humans and drugs, leaving Libya's lawless coasts.
   
   Libya is the main point of departure for the tens of thousands of
   migrants who have been paying smugglers to bring them toward Europe by
   boat.
   
    Earlier, authorities had said the flight was headed to Misrata, Libya;
   the Maltese government said later that the aircraft was due to return
   to Malta within a few hours without landing elsewhere.
   
   Malta's International Airport is used for surveillance flights to Libya
   due to its proximity. The government said the French surveillance
   operation has been active for about five months.
   
   The airport was closed for four hours while debris was cleared,
   delaying more than a dozen flights, according to a notice on the
   airport website.
   
   The Metroliner was registered in the U.S. and leased to a Luxembourg
   company, CAE Aviation group, which supplied the two contractors who
   were killed.
   
   ———
   
   This story has been corrected to give the spelling of the location
   originally given as the plane's destination as Misrata."

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Small Plane Crashes After Takeoff in Malta
by Associated Press , Published on Oct 24, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlzmpJixiNk
  "A small plane heading toward Libya's coast to monitor migrant
   trafficking routes for the French government crashed soon after takeoff
   from Malta's airport Monday. (Oct. 24) "

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In this image taken from a video smoke billows as a light plane crashed after takeoff from Malta airport, in Valletta, Monday, Oct. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Ed De Gaetano)
World
Oct. 24, 2016 | 01:35 PM (Last updated: October 24, 2016 | 01:53 PM)
Three French defense ministry staff, two contractors die in Malta crash
https://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/World/2016/Oct-24/377927-three-french-defense-ministry-officials-and-two-private-contractors-killed-in-malta-plane-crash.ashx

  "Reuters

   PARIS: Three French Defense Ministry officials and two private
   contractors died when their plane on a surveillance mission over the
   Mediterranean crashed at an airport in Malta during take-off, French
   Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said.

   The ministry will conduct an investigation on what caused the crash
   Monday morning, Le Drian said in a statement. "

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this is getting stranger by the moment :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwEHxAIOTUo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMW01pfc_H4

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BREAKING: "Plane Crash Kills All 5 Investigating Human Trafficking"
by Paul Begley , Published on Oct 24, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wfMM-soMpI
  "In Malta a plane with 5 investigators of "Human Trafficking" were
   killed as their plane crashes during take off [ ... ]"