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Crew of crashed Russian Tu-142 did not use life raft - source

12:01 07/11/2009

There is no indication that the crew of a Russian military Tu-142 plane that crashed late on Friday made use of emergency equipment, a highly-placed Air Force source told RIA Novosti on Saturday.

Estonia rotates troops in Afghanistan
05:30 07/11/2009
Estonia has sent fresh troops to Afghanistan as part of a regular rotation of its peacekeeping contingent in the south of the war-torn Central Asian country.
Russia's Pacific Fleet suspends flights of its naval planes
04:33 07/11/2009
The Russian Pacific Fleet suspended on Saturday all flights of its naval aviation following the crash of a Tu-142 maritime reconnaissance plane in Russia's Far East.
Eleven people missing in Russian military plane crash
03:45 07/11/2009
There were 11 people on board the Pacific Fleet's Tu-142 plane that has crashed off Russia's Pacific coast.
Russian military plane crashes in Far East
00:43 07/11/2009
A Tu-142M3 reconnaissance plane from Russia's Pacific Fleet has crashed in the Tatar Strait in Russia's Far East.

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