Friday, January 4, 2013

Plane crash in Russia! - Iris Hughey (from 12/31/12)

A passenger plane in Moscow overshot an airport runway and crashed into a fence on Saturday. It killed five people out of the eight on board and all who were on board were crew members. The plane, which is a Tupolev Tu-204 is capable of carrying 210 people. The fence it crashed into is near a highway, and there were no serious injuries there. For now, the cause of the crash is unknown, but Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has ordered a special commission to be established to investigate.

Link: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/30/world/europe/russia-plane/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

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