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Zimbabwe: Airport safety drill mistaken for actual crash

Plane accident scare at Zimbabwe's Harare airport

There have been chaotic scenes at Zimbabwe's Harare International Airport after a safety drill was mistaken for a real plane accident.

The BBC's Brian Hungwe, at the airport, says he saw a large plume of smoke and helicopters over the runway.

Earlier, the Civil Aviation Authority head had confirmed to reporters that a plane had been involved in an accident.

But an aviation spokeswoman later told the BBC it was a drill, and that distressed "relatives" were "actors".


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-10879353
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