> I was trying to figure out what an A-390 was, but I gave up and > decided > it was a reporter error - somewhere between his chair and his > keyboard :-) Yep. They are updating with correct aircraft now. BBC has a partial image of the Sibir aircraft on fire http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5162082.stm The Baikal television station http://as.baikal.tv/news/new.html?newsid=200607091 says it is Sibir flight 778 from Moscow, with 188 passengers. Unknown number of crew. I can't understand everything, but I have the sense the plane left the runway, hit a concrete obstacle and ran into construction. The forward part of the Airbus appeared to be destroyed and passengers exited out of rear doors. Another witness observed no one and then the plane burst into flames from inside the aircraft. One passenger describes what seems to be routine touchdown "began to stop,...then we fly up." It sounds as if the plane rolled over rough land and then the passenger (saw?) a wing catch a fence. She was helped out of the plane and I'm understanding her say the slide did not inflate. Another story says 49 persons have been taken to hospital, and townspeople are gathering meals and a search party and the airport should soon have a hotline telephone number. Psychologists are assisting. An update: 1 pilot and 1 flight attendant have survived. Unknown about the other 6. (Interfax earlier had 8, Baikal TV confirms it) Now they say the plane ended up in private garages and the fuel remaining (one ton) caught fire. There were 2 explosions. The TV station is doing a lot of updates. An airport press conference says the 2 black boxes have been recovered. Itkutsk airport is closed and flights are being diverted to Bratsk.