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Cargo Plane Crashes North of Afghan Capital; 9 Feared Dead

Posted July 6th, 2011 at 10:10 am (UTC-5)
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Officials in Afghanistan say an Azerbaijani cargo plane with nine crew members on board has crashed into a mountain in eastern Afghanistan. The crash happened late Tuesday in the Sayagred area of Parwan province, north of the capital, Kabul, as the plane was traveling to Bagram air base. Local sources say the bodies of eight […]

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Cargo Plane Crashes North of Afghan Capital

Posted July 6th, 2011 at 6:35 am (UTC-5)
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Officials in Afghanistan say an Azerbaijani cargo plane with nine crew members on board has crashed into a mountain in eastern Afghanistan. The crash happened late Tuesday in the Sayagred area of Parwan province, north of the capital, Kabul, as the plane was traveling to Bagram air base. There was no immediate word on casualties, […]

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Cargo Plane Crashes North of Afghan Capital

Posted July 6th, 2011 at 2:15 am (UTC-5)
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Officials in Afghanistan say a cargo plane has crashed into a mountain in eastern Afghanistan. The crash happened late Tuesday in the Sayagred area of Parwan province, north of the capital, Kabul. There was no immediate word on casualties, and officials said rescue teams have been sent to the site. A NATO spokesman said the […]

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2 Killed in US Train-Truck Collision

Posted June 24th, 2011 at 9:40 pm (UTC-5)
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Authorities say two people have been killed and many others injured in a collision involving an Amtrak passenger train and a tractor-trailer in the western U.S. state of Nevada. Amtrak says the truck drove into the side of the train Friday on a rural highway near Reno, Nevada. The impact created a massive burst of […]

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Russia To Retire Tupolev Planes After Crash

Posted June 23rd, 2011 at 9:15 am (UTC-5)
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday recommended the permanent grounding of all Soviet-built Tupolev passenger airplanes like the one that crashed this week. The plane crashed on a road in heavy fog moments before its scheduled landing at Petrozavodsk airport in northwest Russia, killing 44 people. A young boy later died of his injuries, increasing […]

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Russian Plane Crash Death Toll Rises to 45

Posted June 22nd, 2011 at 6:15 am (UTC-5)
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Russia’s Emergencies Ministry says a 9-year old boy has become the 45th victim of Tuesday’s passenger plane crash in northwest Russia, near the Finnish border. The ministry said Wednesday the child had died of his injuries. Seven other people were dragged alive from the burning wreckage in Russia’s northern republic of Karelia. Deputy Prime Minister […]

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Russian Plane Crash Kills 44, 8 Survivors

Posted June 21st, 2011 at 10:20 am (UTC-5)
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Authorities are blaming pilot error for a plane crash in Russia’s northern republic of Karelia that killed 44 people after slamming into the ground and catching fire. Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, who oversees Russia’s aviation industry, said Tuesday that it appears the pilot made a mistake while trying to land in heavy fog. The […]

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44 Reported Killed in Russian Plane Crash

Posted June 21st, 2011 at 5:50 am (UTC-5)
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Russian officials say 44 people were killed and eight others injured when a passenger plane crashed late Monday in Russia’s northern republic of Karelia. The plane, a Tupolev 134, with 52 people on board was trying to land at Petrozavodsk airport, about 650 kilometers northwest of Moscow, when it crashed on a nearby highway and […]

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44 Reported Killed in Russian Plane Crash

Posted June 20th, 2011 at 11:20 pm (UTC-5)
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Russian officials say 44 people were killed and eight others injured when a passenger plane crashed late Monday in Russia’s northern republic of Karelia. The plane, a Tupolev 134, with more than 50 people on board was trying to land at Petrozavodsk airport, about 650 kilometers northwest of Moscow, when it crashed on a nearby […]

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44 Reported Killed in Russian Plane Crash

Posted June 20th, 2011 at 9:30 pm (UTC-5)
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Russian officials say 44 people have been killed and eight others injured when a passenger plane crashed late Monday in Russia’s northern republic of Karelia. The plane, a Tupolev 134, with more than 50 people on board was trying to land at Petrozavodsk airport about 650 kilometers northwest of Moscow, when it crashed on a […]

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