Wed, Mar 16, 2005
Report: AN-24 Was On Approach In Northern Russia
REAL TIME UPDATE 1910 EST -- Ten survivors of
Wednesday's Antonov AN-24 mishap on Russia's northern coast have
been airlifted by Mi-8 helicopter to the regional capital of Naryan
Mar, where they're said to be in "grave" condition.
With temperatures hovering at about -11F, Russian state
television showed rescue workers loading stretchers bearing the
injured into helicopters for the journey to better medical
facilities. At last report, 24 of the 45 passengers and crew had
survived the mishap.
Earlier reports said all 49 people were killed when the An-24
went down in northern Russia Wednesday, according to the Interfax
News Agency in Moscow.
The aircraft, operated by a small Russian carrier called
Regional Airlines, carried 45 passengers and four crew members,
according to news reports. The passengers were employees of the
Russian state oil company Lukoil. The Antonov was on a flight from
Ufa, in southern Siberia, to Varendei with several intermediate
stops.
The AN-24 (file photo of type, below) was reportedly on final
approach to an airport in the oil port city along Russia's Arctic
coast. Witnesses say the aircraft suddenly banked hard and plunged
to the ground. The wreckage then reportedly burst into flames.
Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry hasn't reported yet on
the conditions surrounding the accident. There's no word yet on
possible survivors.
A statement from the Russian Transport Ministry said the AN-24
was built in 1972 and had undergone ten "repairs," the latest in
2002. The statement said the plane's pilot, who apparently died in
the crash, was a veteran crew member with 14,000 flight hours
logged.
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