Death toll in Russia's East Siberia airliner crash rises to 12
MOSCOW. August 3. KAZINFORM A passenger, who survived an An-24 crash with 15 people on board in Russia's Krasnoyarsk Territory in East Siberia, died in a hospital bringing the death toll to 12, a spokesman for the regional emergencies ministry said. Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.
The plane, which was flying from the city of Krasnoyarsk to the town of Igarka, crashed on Monday night some 700 meters (2,300 feet) from the runway during landing at 21:19 Moscow time. There were four crewmembers and 11 passengers, including a child, on board.
Sergei Isakov, born in 1968, was hospitalized in Igarka in intensive care with serious burns.
"We have information from the hospital that he died," the spokesman said.
The Russian Air Transport Agency named the other three survivors as Captain Nikolai Kozlov, Co-pilot Igor Kabanov and Flight Engineer Yevgeny Pertunin.
A West Siberian transport investigative committee said preliminary investigation shows that a thick fog near the landing area was the cause of the tragic accident.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for Igarka airport said the crash had not obstructed work at the airport and other planes were still taking off and landing according to schedule. Kazinform cites RIA Novosti. See www.en.rian.ru for full version.