Russian passenger jet crashes, killing more than 40

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Channel: News Direct · 2011 · News & Politics

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More than 40 people died when a RusLine passenger plane on a flight from Moscow crashed in northeastern Russia on late Monday evening. The accident happened around midnight when the Tupolev Tu-134 crash-landed in motorway several hundred meters from the airport serving the city of Petrozavodsk. The plane hit a power line before crashing. Eight passengers, reported to be badly burned, were rescued by witnesses near the crash site before the plane exploded and was engulfed by fire. Source: RT, AP, RIA Novosti

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