Moscow: A Russian military plane crashed in
the country's far east, killing all nine people aboard, news
agencies reported.
An emergency ministry official said the Tu-142-M3
anti-submarine turboprop crashed late yesterday in the
Tatarsky Strait about 20 kilometers off the Pacific coast,
ITAR Tass reported.
The plane disappeared off radar screens shortly after
1100 GMT when it was finishing a training flight, the Interfax
news agency quoted a Defense Ministry official as saying.
The official said the bodies of the crew and wreckage
from the plane were removed from the water by emergency boats,
the report said.
Tu-142-M3 is a maritime reconnaissance aircraft that was
widely used by the Soviet navy.
Bureau Report
First Published: Saturday, November 07, 2009, 09:00