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A passenger plane carrying 43 people crashed in Siberia shortly after taking off Monday morning, and Russian emergency officials said at least 32 were confirmed dead..
The ATR-72, a French-Italian-made twin-engine turboprop, operated by UTair was flying from Tyumen to the oil town of Surgut with 39 passengers and four crew.
The aircraft went down outside Tyumen, a major regional center in Siberia. The cause of the crash was not yet clear.
Emergency Situations Ministry spokeswoman Irina Andrianova said the 12 survivors were being flown to a hospital by helicopter. She said 16 bodies had been recovered so far.
The state RIA-Novosti news agency, citing rescue workers, said 17 people had survived the crash.
Russia has seen a string of deadly crashes in recent years. Some have been blamed on the use of aging Soviet-era aircraft, but industry experts point to a number of other problems, including poor crew training, crumbling airports, lax government controls and widespread neglect of safety in the pursuit of profits. (AP)
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러, 43명 탄 비행기 추락해 최소 32명 사망
러시아 시베리아 중부도시 튜멘에서 2일 승객과 승무원 등 43명을 태운 여객기가 추락해 최소 32명이 숨졌다고 현지 재난당국이 밝혔다.
리아노보스티 통신에 따르면 이날 오전 5시50분(현지시간)께 시베리아 지역 항 공사 유테르(UTair)에 속한 여객기 ATR-72가 또다른 시베리아 도시 수르구트로 가기 위해 이륙하던 도중 알 수 없는 이유로 추락했다.
사고기에는 39명의 승객과 4명의 승무원 등 모두 43명이 타고 있었던 것으로 알 려졌다.
이 사고로 현재까지 최소 32명이 사망한 것으로 확인됐다. 다른 이들은 목숨을 건졌으나 다수가 중상인 것으로 전해졌다.
재난당국은 사고 현장에 구조대를 급파해 생존자 구조 작업에 나서고 있다.
현재까지 정확한 사고 원인은 알려지지 않고 있다.
