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88 Killed in Russian Jet Crash

Posted Sep 13, 08 9:19 PM CDT in World 

(AP) – A Russian jet en route from Moscow crashed on approach to Perm near the Ural Mountains in central Russia early Sunday, killing all 88 people on board, AP reports. It was not immediately known what caused the Aeroflot to crash into scrub land dangerously close to houses—but officials suspect a technical problem, CNN reports. No one on the ground was injured, officials said.

Victims included foreign nationals, with at least one passenger believed to be American. There was no indication of a terrorist attack. Russia and the former Soviet republics have some of the world's worst air traffic safety records.

Source Associated Press

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A fuselage piece of a Boeing-737-500 with the company's name Aeroflot, partly seen, lies at the crash site on the outskirts of the city of Perm in central Russia.   (AP Photo)
A fuselage piece of a Boeing 737-500 jet lies crumpled on the crash site near Perm in central Russia. Everyone on board%u201488 people%u2014were killed in the crash early today.   (AP Photo)
Debris of a Boeing-737-500 lies scattered after the Russian jet came down near rail tracks of the Trans-Siberian railway on the outskirts of the city of Perm in central Russia early today.   (AP Photo)
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