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Sharp change in weather caused Russian plane crash in Samara-1
21/03/2007 21:59 The crew of the Tu-134 plane that crashed near Samara in southern Russia, killing six people, were not informed about a sudden change in the weather, a source close to investigation said.
Sharp change in weather caused Russian plane crash in Samara
21/03/2007 19:20 The crew of the Tu-134 plane that crashed near Samara in southern Russia, killing six people, were not informed about a sudden change in the weather, a source close to investigation said.
UTAir to pay $75,000 to each family of plane crash victims
18/03/2007 19:20
Plane that crashed was in good technical condition -air company
18/03/2007 14:01 Media reports that a Tu-134 plane that crashed in southern Russia Saturday, killing six people, was technically unsafe are untrue, the press office of the air company that owns the plane said Sunday.
Weather, technical, human factors considered Tu-134 crash versions
17/03/2007 19:17 Bad weather conditions, a technical malfunction and a crew mistake are possible causes of a plane crash that killed seven people in southern Russia, a Transportation Ministry source said Saturday.
Update: 6 people remain in crashed plane body in Samara
17/03/2007 12:40 Six people are still in the body of the jet liner that crashed in a tragic emergency landing in southern Russia Saturday morning, an emergency service spokesperson said.
7 killed, 50 injured in hard landing in south Russia
17/03/2007 12:03 Seven people were killed and 50 injured in a crash that happened while a passenger airliner was making an emergency landing in the southern Russia, an emergency service said Saturday. The Tu-134, en route from the West Siberian town of Surgut, had a chassis malfunction on approaching the Samara airport, and its body crashed on landing on Saturday morning.

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