7 killed in aircraft crash at base in Afghanistan

A civilian cargo plane crashed Monday north of Kabul, just two days after four airmen were killed in the crash of an MC-12 aircraft near Kandahar Air Field in southern Afghanistan.

The cargo plane crashed about 3:30 p.m. shortly after takeoff at Bagram Air Field, north of the capital, and emergency crews were still on the scene early Monday evening, according to an official with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force.

The plane - owned by National Airlines, an Orlando, Florida-based subsidiary of National Air Cargo - was carrying vehicles and other cargo, National Air Cargo Vice President Shirley Kaufman told The Associated Press.

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