10 dead in An-28 plane crash in Russia’s Far East

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Published time: September 12, 2012 04:27
Edited time: September 12, 2012 11:46

Ten people were killed when an An-28 passenger plane crashed in Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula in the country’s far east.

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Ten people were killed when an An-28 passenger plane crashed in Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula in the country’s Far East.

The crash may have been caused by weather conditions, human error or a technical malfunction, Russia’s Investigative Committee said.

Emergency teams are currently searching the crash site for the plane’s flight data recorder. Four survivors have been rescued; all are in critical condition.

Two children were on board the plane: a 13-year-old boy who is now in coma and a four-year-old girl, whose status remains unknown.

The aircraft was flying from the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to the small town of Palana. At least 12 passengers and two crewmembers were on board.

The Antonov An-28 is a twin-engine short-range light transport aircraft developed by Russia in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The plane was based on the An-14 and inherited many of its features, including the distinctive twin rudder. The aircraft can carry up to 18 passengers. Some 190 An-28s of varying models have been built over the years.

At 12:28pm local time Wednesday (23:28 GMT Tuesday), air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane. The wreckage of the aircraft was later discovered ten kilometers from Palana airport.

An investigation is currently underway into the cause of the crash.

Regional authorities announced that the families of those killed will receive 200,000 rubles ($7,000) in compensation. Thursday has been declared a day of mourning in the region.

AN-28.(Foto from avia-mir.com)

Comments (29)

Guynirnam (unregistered) 12.09.2012 19:58

Every time there is a news such this, it only hurt Russian entire Aviation Industry.
KHL mandated that all teams must be supplied with Air Bus only. Even famous football club sponsored by Aeroflot will only fly on either Boeing or Air Bus. But the country is putting 600billion yanky dollars on war machines.
Forget stupid gigantic nuclear power popsicle maker and build reliable transportation system that safe and build up believe and hope for hard working innocence people you the future of Russia.

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Borrla5222 12.09.2012 11:25

Russialandoffreedom (unregistered) wrote in #3RIP to the deceased.Westerners should stop taking political pot shots on such issues. You can see now RT has jews making problems. They are upset RT report lot of truth. RIP to these people.

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Borrla5222 12.09.2012 11:12

Tony (unregistered) wrote in #7I hate anything to do with Russia.I only come here to read all the bull **** they write.The poles are good people far better than cave men russians . Tony is how poles get bad repuation for being stupid. Not like it here Tony and you think this of Russians then you know what you should do.Go and find polish site instead. Why are you here and making this comment about Russia? Stupid person and with how this site you are a zionists making trouble.Like you make trouble in the Middle East now as you hide.

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