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least 17 people have died after a plane crashed near Luxembourg airport.
Reports
say the Luxair aircraft, a Fokker-50 turboprop, crashed in a wooded area at
about 10.15am this morning as it was coming in to land.
It
was carrying 19 passengers and three crew en route from Berlin-Tempelhof,
officials said.
Luxembourg
airport is now closed, with incoming flights diverted to other airports in
Germany and Belgium.
Luxair said the aircraft had been in service since
1991.