11 die as cargo plane crashes in Russia
August 9th, 2011 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANSVladivostok (Russia), Aug 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Eleven people, including nine crewmembers, on board a cargo plane were killed Tuesday when their aircraft crashed in Russia’s Far East, officials said.
The plane was carrying 16 metric tonnes of food and went off the radar at 07.34 a.m., while on way from Magadan to Chukotka shortly after reporting a fuel leak and fire in an engine.
The wreckage of the plane was discovered near a gold and silver mine in the Omsukcha district of the Magadan region.
The search was hindered by the thick fog.
–IANS/RIA Novosti
snb/vt
- Transport plane crash in Russia's Far East kills 11 - Aug 09, 2011
- Russia observes 'Day of Silence' ahead of polls - Dec 03, 2011
- Russia, US to hold anti-terror drill - Oct 04, 2011
- Russian tugboat with crewmembers sinks in Laptev Sea - Aug 27, 2010
- Russian walks 9,000-km home after being robbed - Sep 07, 2011
- Russia launches navigation satellite - Oct 03, 2011
- Two Russian pilots killed in crash - Sep 06, 2011
- Russia's external debt down 10 percent to $36 bn - Mar 01, 2012
- All bodies in Polish plane crash identified - Apr 22, 2010
- 100 white whales trapped in Russian ice - Dec 15, 2011
- Russia, NATO to hold missile defence drills - Feb 02, 2012
- Russia conducts anti-submarine drills in Sea of Japan - Mar 24, 2010
- Three killed, 20 injured in Russian city bomb blast - May 27, 2010
- UN declares April 12 as International Day of Space Flight - Apr 08, 2011
- Russia develops advanced air defence system - Apr 08, 2011
Tags: cargo plane crashes, far east, fuel leak, gold and silver, magadan region, metric tonnes, radar, ria novosti, silver mine, snb, thick fog, vladivostok russia, wreckage