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Bodies of the Guinean military delegation killed in Liberia plane crash to be flown home

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Rescue workers inspect the wreckage of a military plane that crashed near Monrovia, Liberia, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Eleven bodies were pulled from the debris, with Guinea's army chief of staff and top military officers among its passengers, officials said Monday.(AP Photo) (The Associated Press)

In this Oct. 2, 2012 photo, Guinea's Army Chief of Staff Gen. Souleymane Kelefa Diallo participates in Independence Day celebrations, in Conakry, Guinea. Officials said Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, that Guinea's army chief of staff and other top military officers were among the eleven dead whose bodies were pulled from the wreckage of a military plane that crashed in Liberia. The military officers were on their way to attend Liberia's Armed Forces Day celebrations. (AP Photo) (The Associated Press)

In this Oct. 2, 2012 photo, Guinea's Army Chief of Staff Gen. Souleymane Kelefa Diallo participates in Independence Day celebrations, in Conakry, Guinea. Officials said Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, that Guinea's army chief of staff and other top military officers were among the eleven dead whose bodies were pulled from the wreckage of a military plane that crashed in Liberia. The military officers were on their way to attend Liberia's Armed Forces Day celebrations. (AP Photo) (The Associated Press)

Liberia's information minister says the 11 bodies of the Guineans killed after a military plane crashed in Liberia will be flown back to their homeland.

Lewis Brown said the United Nations is providing the Tuesday flight.

Senior Guinean military officers, including the army chief of staff, were flying to attend Liberia's Armed Forces Day celebrations, when the plane went down early Monday in Charlesville, about 45 kilometers (28 miles) south of Monrovia, the capital.

Brown says the black box and the digital voice recorder from the plane were found, and that Canada's government agreed to take them for examination. One resident who ran to the crash site said she heard screams from the plane before an explosion.

Liberia is observing a day of mourning Tuesday. Guinea is observing three days.