A passenger plane crashed in Siberia shortly after taking off on Monday morning, killing 32 of the 43 people on board, Russian emergency officials said.The 11 survivors were hospitalised in serious condition.
The aircraft went down on a snowy field outside Tyumen, a major regional center in Siberia. The cause of the crash was not yet clear.
The Emergency Situations Ministry said 12 survivors were flown to a hospital by helicopter, but one of them died there.
The UTair company twin-engine turboprop flying to Surgut is said to have burst into flames shortly after take-off.
'The plane took off from Roschino airport, near Tyumen, towards Surgut (also in Siberia). According to preliminary information there were 39 passengers and four crew members aboard,' a ministry spokesman told the Interfax news agency.
Sixteen bodies have so far been recovered by a team of nearly 200 rescue workers. Children are reported among the victims, according to Russia Today, quoting the Ministry's report. Read More
