MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- A Russian commercial jet carrying 170 people -- many of them children -- crashed in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, killing all on board, emergency officials said.
The Tupolev Tu-154, belonging to Pulkovo Airlines, went down shortly after the pilot reported a fire on board and heavy turbulence, the Ukrainian Emergency Situations Ministry said. At least 30 bodies have been pulled from the wreckage, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) northwest of Donetsk in a hard-to-reach area, the ministry said.
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There are too many crashes last time...so sad...why is it so?
Posted by: Scott Lake | August 22, 2006 6:57 PM
My condolences to the families of the victims.
I cannot imagine facing such a tragedy.
May the Boeing company make safe, efficient aircraft, and deliver them to Russia as soon as possible!
Posted by: Tanya | August 22, 2006 10:02 PM
Very, very sad. This is the third major air disaster in Russia this year, and given that I am about to start regular flights on shaky old Antonovs and Tupolevs with Vladivostok Air, I am more than a little nervous.
I really wish the Russian regulators would start grounding some of these aircraft before any more drop out of the sky. It is tempting to blame dodgy old Russian aircraft, but the ones that crashed at Sochi and Yakutsk were both Airbuses.
Posted by: Tim Newman | August 22, 2006 11:54 PM
My deepest sympathies to all affected..
Posted by: James de Jel | August 23, 2006 1:42 AM
Tim, take Korean Air from Incheon, rather than Vladivostok Air (I assume you'd fly from Dubai). God, I'm speaking against my native company, but having compared the two myself, it was a REALLY nervous flight on Vlad Air (in 2002, maybe they got newer planes now) with ceiling shaking the whole flight. Oh yeah check if Korean Air still flies to Vladivostok (Art'em).
Posted by: Phil Menshikov | September 2, 2006 6:25 AM