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.
A medium-haul UTair-operated ATR-72 turboprop crashed 18 miles from the city of Tyumen, Siberia, shortly after takeoff from Moscow
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.
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