Airliner crashes in DR Congo town
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An airliner with at least 60 people on board has crashed shortly after take-off in the town of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.Dozens of people were feared dead, but unconfirmed reports speak of several survivors being pulled from the wreckage as rescuers fought a fire.
The airliner belonged to the private airline Hewa Bora.
DR Congo has one of the world's poorest air safety records with eight crashes in 2007, Reuters news agency notes.
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