Sunday, January 2, 2011

Russian passenger jet explodes; 3 dead, 43 injured (AP)

In this image taken from Russia 24 television channel TV, showing a tail part of the Russian passenger Tu-154 aircraft seen after an explosion in Surgut, about 2200 kilometers (1,350 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011. The Russian passenger jet carrying 128 people caught fire and later exploded at a Siberian airport on Saturday, killing one person and injuring several others, officials said.  The rest of the passengers and crew were safely evacuated before the explosion in the Western Siberian oil town of Surgut. (AP Photo/Rossia 24 Television Channel) TV OUTAP - A Russian passenger jet carrying 124 people caught fire as it taxied down a snowy runway in Siberia and then exploded Saturday, killing three people and injuring 43, including six who were badly burned, officials said.

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