MOSCOW, March 17: Seven people died on Saturday and 50 suffered injuries when a passenger jet crashed while landing in Samara. A twin-engine Tupolev Tu-134 jet operated by regional airline YUT-Air crashed as it landed in heavy weather in Samara, 1,100 kilometres east of Moscow, breaking into pieces and killing seven of the 57 passengers and crew aboard, officials said.
Six people were trapped in the wreckage of the plane for about three hours before being freed by rescue workers. A total of 23 people were hospitalised, while another 27 were treated by psychologists at the Samara airport, emergency situation ministry officials told agency ITAR-TASS.—AFP
