Laos Defense Minister dies in Air Force plane crash

Laos Defense Minister and Deputy PM Douangchay Phichit was killed in a Air Force An-74 plane crash on May 17.

The aircraft went down in the northern province of Xiangkhouang after taking off from the capital Vientiane.

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