44 dead as jet crash-lands in Petrozavodsk
21 June 2011A passenger jet crashed in heavy fog Monday on a highway in northwestern Russia, killing 44 people, officials said. Eight people survived the crash.
The Tu-134 plane, belonging to the RusAir airline, was en route from Moscow to the city of Petrozavodsk, Emergencies Ministry spokeswoman Olga Semyonova said.
Semyonova said the plane went down on its final approach to the airport in Petrozavodsk, making a crash landing about a mile short of the runway.
source: sfgate.com
