Siberian airliner crash survivor, feared dead, successfully undergoes surgery
KRASNOYARSK. August 3. KAZINFORM One of the four survivors of a plane crash in the Krasnoyarsk Territory in Russia's East Siberia, who was earlier thought to have died in hospital, has undergone a successful operation and is now in intensive care, a Siberian air traffic control spokeswoman said on Tuesday. Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.
Sergei Isakov, who works for the Siberian air traffic control and was flying on a business trip, was hospitalized in Igarka with serious burns.
"We have only just got in touch with the Igarka city hospital, where our colleague is. The doctors say the operation was successful and that Sergey has now been placed in an intensive care ward," the spokeswoman said.
She added that doctors had said Isakov had burns on 80 percent of his body.
It was earlier reported that the other survivors were not badly injured. Kazinform cites RIA Novosti. See www.en.rian.ru for full version.