Plane crashes in Russia, scores feared dead (Reuters)

by Populux | July 8, 2006 at 09:06 pm
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By Dmitry Solovyov 5 minutes ago MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian passenger plane carrying 200 people, many of them holidaymakers, crashed during a domestic flight to Siberia on Sunday, killing most of those on board, news agencies said. The Airbus A-310 crashed and exploded into flames after landing in the city of Irkutsk following a 5,000 km (3,125 miles) night flight from Moscow, emergency services said. A total of 192 passengers and eight crew were on board flight number 778 when it overshot the ...
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