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Plane crash kills 2

Source: AFP | 00:15 UTC+8 June 28, 2019 | Print Edition

A RUSSIAN passenger plane overshot the runway, crashed into a building and caught fire at an airport in Siberia yesterday, killing two crew members, officials said.

The small An-24 aircraft, traveling from Ulan-Ude in Siberia, was attempting an emergency landing at Nizhneangarsk airport, the regional government of Buryatia said. But the plane went 100 meters off the tarmac and 鈥渃rashed into a waste treatment facility building.鈥 鈥淭he plane caught fire,鈥 it said on its official Instagram account. Two crew members were killed and 43 passengers, including a child, survived. The plane belonged to regional Angara airline and was on a regular flight.

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