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DUBAI (Reuters) - Six Sudanese crew members were killed in the crash of their cargo aircraft near Sharjah airport in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, Al Arabiya television reported.
It was not immediately clear to which airline the aircraft belonged.
A source at a freight handler in the emirate of Sharjah said the cargo plane belonged to a Sudanese airline and that it crashed after take off.
(Reporting by Luke Pachymutu; Editing by Firouz Sedarat)
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