Civil plane crashes in Fayyoum; crew killed

CAIRO - 15 December 2017: A civil training aircraft crashed in Fayyoum governorate southwest of Cairo on Friday, killing all its crew members, Board Chairman of the Egyptian Aviation Academy Elias Sadeq said on Friday.

The Beechcraft Baron 58 came down after a sudden technical failure during a training mission over a desert area in northern Lake Moeris, he added.

The three-member crew were killed in the incident, he noted.