Reports: 40 killed in Russian passenger jet crash
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Forty people were killed when a passenger jet crashed late Monday in northwestern Russia, news agencies said.
RIA Novosti and Interfax, citing Emergencies Ministry officials, reported that the plane crash-landed on a highway en route from Moscow to the city of Petrozavodsk.
Russian news agencies said the plane crashed on the final approach to the airport in Petrozavodsk, ditching a few hundred yards (meters) short of the runway. Petrozavodsk is 400 miles (640 kilometers) northwest of Moscow.
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They reported eight people who survived the crash were hospitalized in critical condition. The plane was a Russian-made Tu-134 jet, the Emergencies Ministry said.
The ministry confirmed on its website that there had been an incident and posted a list of 43 passengers.