CRASH: Sibir Airbus A-390 (?) Russian Airliner

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Russian airliner crashes in Siberia, officials say
Plane with 200 aboard bursts into flames after landing, 150 feared killed

BREAKING NEWS

Updated: 5 minutes ago

MOSCOW - More than 150 people died early Sunday when an aircraft crashed 
in the Siberian city of Irkutsk, the Interfax news agency reported, 
quoting a preliminary toll from the regional prosecutor's office.

The report said that the dead were believed to include the eight crew 
onboard the plane, which was carrying 200 people.

The Sibir Airbus A-390 crashed on landing and burst into flames, 
Emergency Situations Ministry spokeswoman Irina Andrianova said earlier.

?The aircraft veered off the runway on landing. It was traveling at a 
terrific speed,? Andrianova said.

Andrianova said 43 people had been hospitalized and another 10 managed 
to escape. Most of the other passengers were feared dead, she said.

The aircraft was on a flight from Moscow to Irkutsk, near Lake Baikal.

It took five emergency services more than two hours to extinguish the 
flames, Andrianova said.

Stay tuned to MSNBC.com for more details on this developing story.

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