Airbus said yesterday it was sending a team of experts to Khartoum, Sudan,

Airbus said yesterday it was sending a team of experts to Khartoum, Sudan, to help determine what caused this week’s plane accident. In a statement, the company detailed that the A310 plane involved in the accident was 18 years old and had been operated by Sudan Airways since September. Sudan’s Civil Aviation Authority, for its part, said it was not yet clear how many died in the fire. Associated Press (11/06), Frankfurter Rundschau, Handelsblatt