Explosion On Turkish Plane

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Explosion on Turkish Plane

There has been an explosion on a Turkish Airlines plane at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport.

The city is currently hosting the Nato summit attended by world leaders, including George Bush.


The explosion happened on a small plane which had just landed in Istanbul after flying in from the Aegean port city of Izmir.

All the passengers had disembarked and the plane was being cleaned when the incident took place.

Reports claimed that a worker cleaning the plane had been hurt in the incident.

A security official said the worker had sustained an injury to his hand after opening a package which had been left on the aircraft.

Local television reports suggested that a second person had been injured.

Officials are still investigating the cause of the blast.