A UTair ATR-72 aircraft crashed Monday morning shortly after taking off from Tyumen in Siberia on its way to Surgut with 39 passengers and four crew members.
A UTair ATR-72 aircraft crashed Monday morning shortly after taking off from Tyumen in Siberia on its way to Surgut with 39 passengers and four crew members. The BBC has reported that 31 of the 43 people onboard were killed. According to the Itar-Tass news agency, the crew of two pilots and two flight attendants were among those who died. Flight 120 is reported to have crashed at around 5:30 a.m. local time. UTair said on its website that the pilot had been trying to make an emergency ...
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