News just in from Equifax – Plane Crash
5 killed in passenger plane crash from The Czech Republic to Keiv, Down in Ukraine
Info from Sky News ticker.
No links to any news site as yet.
RIP to the people on board and familys involved.
Rick
By: Newforest - 11th December 2007 at 21:16
All Czech nationals.:( News from India.
By: Newforest - 10th December 2007 at 08:43
Was a Beechcraft 90. (Should be moved to General Aviation).
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-12-09-crash-kiev_N.htm
By: Newforest - 9th December 2007 at 17:35
A ‘small private’ plane.:(
By: Ren Frew - 9th December 2007 at 17:10
Sounds like a small aircraft was involved, possibly a Yak-40 ? I saw several of them in Kiev when I last visited…
By: Rickt - 9th December 2007 at 16:37
This will be the link to the Sky news site once the info has been uploaded.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1296299,00.html
The info is not yet there, it will be shortly.
Rick
EDIT… @ 17:05
Passenger Jet Crashes Near Kiev
Updated:16:57, Sunday December 09, 2007At least five people have been killed after a passenger plane crashed in the Ukraine.
The aircraft, which was on a chartered flight, came down as it was preparing to land at Kiev’s second largest airport.
The plane had been flying from the Czech Republic to Zhulyany airport just outside Ukraine’s capital.The site is around 20 minutes drive from the city centre and is close to residential areas.
It is not known if there were any survivors.
An emergency ministry spokesman confirmed the crash but would give no further details.
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December 9, 2007 at 4:31 pm