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40 killed in plane emergency landing in N. Russia
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June 21, 2011, Tuesday
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A Tu-134 passenger plane with 48 people on board crash landed in Russia's northern republic of Karelie, and 40 people were killed, the state-run Itar-Tass news agency reported today.
The plane, en route from Moscow's Domodedovo airport to Russia's northwest city of Petrozavodsk, the administrative center of Karelie which is some 900 kms away from Moscow, came to an unscheduled ending on a highway several kilometers away from the Petrozavodsk airport.
According to the latest information given by the local emergency ministry, at least 40 people were killed in the accident which occurred at about 11:55 p.m. Moscow time (1955 GMT) yesterday.
The fuselage of the jet, belonging to the Rusaero airline, was fully destroyed and caught fire during the landing, said the news agency.
Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin told RIA Novosti news agency earlier that there were 43 passengers, including eight children, and five crew members on board and "many of them died."
Itar-Tass reported that eight people, including one 10-year-old boy, were injured in the crash and have been taken to the hospitals. Some of them are in a critical condition.
Earlier reports said about 10 people survived the accident.
The plane blaze has already been extinguished by the time of reporting.
The investigators are currently considering all the possible causes of the crash, including human factor, an error of the cockpit crew, infractions in the performance of ground services, and an equipment failure, an official at Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry said.
The plane, en route from Moscow's Domodedovo airport to Russia's northwest city of Petrozavodsk, the administrative center of Karelie which is some 900 kms away from Moscow, came to an unscheduled ending on a highway several kilometers away from the Petrozavodsk airport.
According to the latest information given by the local emergency ministry, at least 40 people were killed in the accident which occurred at about 11:55 p.m. Moscow time (1955 GMT) yesterday.
The fuselage of the jet, belonging to the Rusaero airline, was fully destroyed and caught fire during the landing, said the news agency.
Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin told RIA Novosti news agency earlier that there were 43 passengers, including eight children, and five crew members on board and "many of them died."
Itar-Tass reported that eight people, including one 10-year-old boy, were injured in the crash and have been taken to the hospitals. Some of them are in a critical condition.
Earlier reports said about 10 people survived the accident.
The plane blaze has already been extinguished by the time of reporting.
The investigators are currently considering all the possible causes of the crash, including human factor, an error of the cockpit crew, infractions in the performance of ground services, and an equipment failure, an official at Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry said.
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