Macedonian president killed in plane crash

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Macedonian president killed in plane crash

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Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski and several other staff members were killed when their plane crashed in the mountainous terrain in the south of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Thursday, according to official sources.

The wreckage of the plane has been found in southern Bosnia, near a village about 80 kilometers south of Sarajevo, and there were no survivors, Bosnian radio quoted a senior official as saying..

Trajkovski heading a delegation is scheduled to arrive Mostar at 8:30 a.m. (0730 GMT) for an international aid meeting for Bosnia and Herzegovina, said the Beta news agency.

At about 9 a.m. (0800 GMT), the radar lost control of the aircraft.

Because of heavy fog and rain, the plane crashed into mountainsnear the Stolac area, about 50 kilometers from the city of Mostar.

Bosnian police and rescue team were sent to the crash site.

Trajkovski, 47, was elected president in November 1999. Before that, he served as a deputy foreign minister in the government of former Prime Minister Ljubco Georgievski.

According to Savo Cetic, Bosnia's ambassador to Macedonia, Trajkovski's advisors, Dinka Ivkova-Boskovich, Risto Blazevski andAnita Krisma-Luzanska, and security officials Boris Verionov, Aco Bozinovski and Mile Kitevski were on board.

But he was not sure whether the list was changed before departure.

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