Crash Survivor

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127 passengers died.

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Franklin Huddle, U-S Consul General in Bombay

Robert speaks to Franklin Huddle, the U-S Consul General in Bombay. He was aboard Ethiopia Airlines Flight 961 from Addis Ababa (ADD-iss ABB-uh-buh) to Ivory Coast this weekend. The plane was hijacked and crashed off the coast of Mozambique. Huddle and many others were injured, and 127 passengers died. Huddle said that apparently there was a struggle between the hijackers and the crew in the cockpit before the plane crashed.

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