Cargo plane crash kills eight

A cargo plane that crashed into mountains near the Afghan capital of Kabul on Tuesday killed all eight crew on board.

US-headquartered National Air Cargo said later the aircraft belonged to Ghana-based Trans Afrique.

"We're a customer of theirs and I believe they were on a flight on our behalf," National Air Cargo ceo Preston Murray said.

A cargo plane that crashed into mountains near the Afghan capital of Kabul on Tuesday killed all eight crew on board.

US-headquartered National Air Cargo said later the aircraft belonged to Ghana-based Trans Afrique.

"We're a customer of theirs and I believe they were on a flight on our behalf," National Air Cargo ceo Preston Murray said.