Russian plane crash kills 14 MOSCOW (AP) =97 A Russian Il-86 cargo plane crashed into a forest Sunday=20 shortly after taking off from Moscow's Sheremetyevo-1 airport, killing 14=20 people. There were two survivors. The broken fuselage was visible in a=20 ditch in a wooded area of birch trees and bushes several hundred yards=20 from one of the airport's runways. Smoke was still rising from the=20 smoldering wreckage. About two dozen ambulances and fire trucks were racing= =20 around the scene of the crash. Vasily Nayuk, an official with the=20 Emergency Situations Ministry, said that according to preliminary=20 information 14 people were killed and two stewardesses had survived and=20 were hospitalized in critical condition. The broken fuselage was visible=20 in a ditch in a wooded area of birch trees and bushes several hundred=20 meters from one of the airport's runways. Smoke was still rising from the=20 smoldering wreckage. About two dozen ambulances and fire trucks were racing= =20 around the scene of the crash. The airport, which serves both domestic and= =20 international flights, was running normally with planes taking off and=20 landing. The cargo plane was on its way from Moscow to St. Petersburg on a= =20 technical flight. When it crashed, it barely missed the Dmitrov highway=20 northwest of the capital. The highway was busy, as many Muscovites were on= =20 their way back into the city from their country homes at the end of a hot=20 summer weekend. The aircraft belonged to the Pulkovsky airlines, which=20 operates regular service between Moscow and St. Petersburg. An eyewitness= =20 who identified himself by his first name, Konstantin, said that the plane=20 had banked hard on its left-hand side, hit the ground and exploded. The=20 Il-86 is a workhorse of Russian airlines for nearly 30 years. It is a=20 four-engine wide-bodied plane and is often used by top Russian officials=20 for travel. The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site: Roj (Roger James) *************************************************** escape email mailto:ejames@escape.ca Trinbago site: http://www.tntisland.com CBC Website http://www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ The Trinbago Site of the Week: (Queen's Hall) http://queenshall.org/ (Queen'sHall) courtesy of Roj Trinbago Website & TnT Web Directory Roj's Trinbago Website: http://www.tntisland.com TnT Web Directory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************