MOSCOW (AP) — A plane crashed into a forest early today in Russia’s far east, killing 10 people and injuring four, the Emergencies Ministry said.
The Antonov-28 plane crash-landed in a cedar forest near the town of Palana in western Kamchatka, some 4,200 miles east of Moscow, it said in a web-posted statement.
The two-engine turboprop had 14 people aboard, including two children and two crew members, it said. One of the survivors, a comatose 13- year-old boy, was hospitalized with a massive cranial wound, it said.
Local airport officials told the Interfax news agency that possible causes of the crash include an engine malfunction or low visibility in bad weather.
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