US coalition passenger plane makes crash landing in open field near Erbil

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region—A US passenger plane made a crashing landing near Erbil Saturday morning which according to local officials was due to technical failure.

The plane N6351V registered by the US government under the army landed in an open field near the town of Kawrgosk 37 km west of the capital Erbil and 10 Km from the international airport.

Rudaw correspondent near the site said that US army helicopters evacuated four passengers who were aboard the plane.

Around 30 US soldiers arrived and sealed off the area.

An eye witness who saw the crash landing told Rudaw, “The plane was flying very low and its propellers were not working. When it landed American soldiers came soon afterwards and searched the area. They took away the passengers,”