SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq: A small private jet en route to Turkey's capital Ankara crashed soon after takeoff Friday in Sulaimaniyah, northern Iraq, killing seven people, airport officials said. “The aircraft caught fire just after it took off,” Hadi Amer, an official at the airport north of Baghdad, said. “It turned back to try to return to the airport but crashed as it tried to land.” Dead were the jet's crew of three plus a Lebanese and three Iraqis who were employed by, or held shares in, the Iraqi mobile telecom operator Asiacell, which is based in Sulaimaniyah.
