Post by Logan on Dec 19, 2016 2:18:33 GMT -6
Russian military plane crashes in Siberia during emergency landing with 39 passengers on board
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday that one of its planes had crashed in northeast Siberia with 39 people on board as it tried to make an emergency landing near a Soviet-era military base.
Russian news agencies reported that nobody had been killed in the incident, but said 32 people had been airlifted to hospital, 16 of whom were in serious condition.
The Il-18 aircraft came down around 18 miles from an airfield near the town of Tiksi in the Sakha Republic around 4:45 a.m. local time, the TASS news agency reported.
High winds may have forced the plane to make an emergency landing, Alexei Kolodeznikov, the deputy head of the regional government, was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency.
Read more: www.nydailynews.com/news/world/russian-military-plane-crashes-siberia-emergency-landing-article-1.2915598
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday that one of its planes had crashed in northeast Siberia with 39 people on board as it tried to make an emergency landing near a Soviet-era military base.
Russian news agencies reported that nobody had been killed in the incident, but said 32 people had been airlifted to hospital, 16 of whom were in serious condition.
The Il-18 aircraft came down around 18 miles from an airfield near the town of Tiksi in the Sakha Republic around 4:45 a.m. local time, the TASS news agency reported.
High winds may have forced the plane to make an emergency landing, Alexei Kolodeznikov, the deputy head of the regional government, was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency.
Read more: www.nydailynews.com/news/world/russian-military-plane-crashes-siberia-emergency-landing-article-1.2915598