KHABAROVSK, July 27 (RIA Novosti) - A light plane has crashed in Khabarovsk in Russia's Far East, injuring two crewmembers and a passenger, the Emergency Situations Ministry said Thursday.
A Beriyev Be-103 light plane crashed near an airport in Khabarovsk, a regional center near the border with China, for local flights at 17:44 p.m. local time (06:44 a.m. GMT) just minutes after take-off, the ministry said.
There were two crewmembers and a passenger on board the plane.
"They are alive, but hurt, and have been taken to the hospital with fractures and burns," the ministry said.