Russian passenger plane crashes in Siberia
A Russian passenger plane carrying 43 people has crashed shortly after take-off in Siberia, officials say.
Thirty-one people were killed and 11 survivors have been taken to hospital, Russia's emergencies ministry said.
The ATR-72 turboprop aircraft had just left Tyumen on a flight north-east to the oil town of Surgut when it crashed.
Steve Rosenberg reports from Moscow.
02 Apr 2012
- From the section Europe