Russian plane crashes with 143 on board

A Russian passenger plane with 133 passengers and 10 crew on board has crashed near the Siberian city of Irkutsk, Interfax news…

A Russian passenger plane with 133 passengers and 10 crew on board has crashed near the Siberian city of Irkutsk, Interfax news agency quoted Russia’s Emergencies Ministry as saying.

The Tupolev 154 plane belonging to the Vladivostokavia airline, disappeared from radar screens at 6.10 p.m. Irish time, on a flight from the Urals city of Yekaterinburg to Vladivostok in the Russian far east.

It came down close to the village of Budyonnovka, some 20 miles from Irkutsk, Interfax said.

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