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Two pilots killed in plane crash in Russia's Buryatia

Published : 27 Jun 2019, 20:37

DF-Xinhua Report

Snapshot taken from a video released by Russian Emergency Situations Ministry shows firefighters working at the site of the emergency landing at an airport in Nizhneangarsk, Russia's Republic of Buryatia, June 27, 2019. Two pilots were killed in an airplane emergency landing in Russia's Buryatia. (Xinhua/Sputnik).

Two pilots were killed on Thursday after an An-24 passenger plane crashed at the airport of Nizhneangarsk in Russia's Republic of Buryatia, the Russian Investigative Committee said.

When landing at the airport, the plane rolled out of the runway and caught fire after colliding with a sewage treatment plant, the committee's Eastern-Siberian Transport Division said in a statement.

The Buryatia division of the Russian Emergencies Ministry said in a separate statement that there were 43 passengers and four crew members on board, 45 of which were saved.

The Investigative Committee said that 14 passengers with injuries of various severity had been taken to a medical facility.

The committee has launched criminal proceedings into violations of traffic safety and air transport operation rules that resulted in deaths.

Investigators are working at the scene to establish the circumstances of the incident, it said.