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DJMN: Eleven Presumed Dead In Russian Military Plane Crash -Official
MOSCOW (AFP)--A Russian military plane crashed into the sea during a training exercise in Russia's Far East region, leaving all 11 crew members missing and presumed dead, officials said on Saturday.
The Tupolev Tu-142 plane disappeared from radar as it was coming to the end of a training mission Friday over the Tatarski Strait that divides Russia's Far East island of Sakhalin from the mainland, the defense ministry said.
"Given the conditions under which the catastrophe took place, we can presume that all the crew aboard the Tu-142 were killed," a source in the emergencies ministry told the RIA Novosti news agency.
"But search operations will continue as long as there is the slightest hope of finding someone alive," the official added.
Military sources told Russian news agencies that there were 11 crew aboard the plane. Previously, officials had said there were 10 crew members.
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November 07, 2009 02:53 ET (07:53 GMT)
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