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 | | At least four dead after a plane crash with fans14.02.2013 |
At least four people have died after a plane "Antonov An-24" with dozens of football fans on board made ​​an emergency landing in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, reports "Interfax". According to some sources, the victims were five, but there are others who say they are two or three. The last authoritative information of Gazeta.ru however is four victims.
Most of the passengers were on their way to the match between Shakhtar and Borussia Dortmund from the Champions League, confirmed RIA Novoski.
Website of Odessa claims that the passengers were also prominent businessmen and politicians of the city and the judiciary.
Emergency Situations Minister Volodymyr Ovsyanik told AFP that the board had 45 people.
"Most of the passengers were rescued. Currently we have four victims. A man has gone missing, and another - in danger for his life, "explained from the Donetsk regional administration. Seriously injured 12. The same source says that the cause of the emergency landing was not a fire, but it is still not clear why.
An-24 is a twin-engine plane with a capacity of about 50 seats and dates back to Soviet times. Between 1959 and 1979 were produced more than 1,000 aircraft of this type.
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