Related News
11 killed in Russian military plane crash
Source: Xinhua |
December 29, 2010, Wednesday
|
Online Edition
Online Edition
A Russian military cargo plane crashed on Tuesday in an area in the country's southwest near Moscow, leaving all the 11 crew members dead, the Itar-Tass news agency reported early today.
The Antonov plane crashed in the border area between the Tula and Oryol regions around 9:30 pm (1830 GMT), said the report.
The remains of the burning aircraft were discovered at 2:36 am today (2336 GMT Tuesday) and the crash was due to a failure of aviation equipment, particularly an engine failure, said the report.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the An-22 plane was enroute from Voronezh to Tver.
The Antonov plane crashed in the border area between the Tula and Oryol regions around 9:30 pm (1830 GMT), said the report.
The remains of the burning aircraft were discovered at 2:36 am today (2336 GMT Tuesday) and the crash was due to a failure of aviation equipment, particularly an engine failure, said the report.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the An-22 plane was enroute from Voronezh to Tver.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
