Crash in Ukraine Kills 170

Aug 23rd, 2006 | By Jared Blank

A Pulkovo Airlines plane crashed in the Ukraine yesterday en route from the resort town of Anapa to St. Petersburg, killing all 170 on board. The crash of the Russian-made Tupolev 154 was the 3rd accident in the region in less than 4 months– an Armavia A320 went down in May and an S7 Airlines A310 overran the runway at Irkutsk last month. As always, ignore the wild speculation about the cause of the crash until people have actually done an investigation.

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