Moscow: Two people who survived a fiery
Russian plane crash have died in a Moscow hospital, bringing
the death toll to 47.
The Tu-134 plane slammed into a highway just minutes
before landing at the Petrozavodsk airport in Russia`s
northwest on June 20.
Eight people initially survived the crash, dragged from
the burning aircraft by people on the ground, but a 9-year-old
boy died a day later.
Dmitry Beloyartsev, a surgeon at the Vishnevsky hospital,
said a woman died late yesterday and a man today. Both had
been severely burned in the crash and brought to Moscow for
treatment.
The crash of the 31-year-old plane has been blamed on
pilot error, but Russia`s President Dmitry Medvedev also has
announced plans to take the aging Soviet-built planes out of
service starting next year.
PTI
