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31 die, 12 survive in Russian plane
crash
Monday April 02, 2012 07:21:09 PM,
IANS
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Moscow: At least 31
people were killed and 12 injured when a Russian passenger plane
crashed Monday while trying to make an emergency landing shortly
after take-off near the western Siberian city of Tyumen,
authorities said.
All the crew members were among the dead. Twelve survivors were
taken to hospital, all in a serious condition, police said.
There were 39 passengers and four crew on board the turboprop
ATR-72 airliner which was operated by UTair airline. The aircraft
was bound for the oil town of Surgut, reported RIA Novosti.
UTair said the aircraft was trying to perform an emergency landing
at 5.50 a.m. when it went down some three km from Tyumen's
Roshchino airport.
An eyewitness said he saw smoke coming from the plane's twin
engines as it plunged to the ground.
Another witness said there had been a "bang" and a flash before
the craft crashed in a snowy field just outside the village of
Gorkovka.
Air traffic controllers lost radio contact with the aircraft
within minutes after take-off, a spokesperson for the Federal Air
Transport Agency told the Prime news agency.
The flight recorders have been recovered and a team of
investigators has flown to the scene from Moscow.
"Investigators consider a technical malfunction in the plane, or
an error by ground services or pilots as most likely causes," the
Russian Investigation Committee said.
"Judging by the nature of the damage to the aircraft,
investigators rule out a terrorist attack," Investigation
Committee Spokesman Vladimir Markin said.
President Dmitry Medvedev put off a planned meeting with leaders
of Russia's unregistered political parties because of the crash,
his spokesperson said.
Deputy Transport Minister Valery Okulov has been appointed head of
a government inquiry into the crash.
The crash is Russia's deadliest air accident since a chartered jet
crashed on take-off near the central city of Yaroslavl in
September last year, wiping out most players from the Lokomotiv
Yaroslavl ice hockey team.
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