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Russian plane crashes in Siberia with 16 injured Russian plane crashes in Siberia, injuring 38
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An IL-18 aeroplane belonging to the Russian defence ministry has crashed in Yakutia in Siberia with 39 people on board. An IL-18 plane belonging to the Russian defence ministry has crash-landed in Siberia, injuring 38 people.
The defence ministry said 16 people were seriously injured, correcting earlier reports that 27 had died. Weather conditions were poor and reports said the plane may have been hit by a strong crosswind.
The plane was carrying 32 passengers and seven crew when it came down near Tiksi in the Bulun district of Russia's far east. The plane was carrying 39 people from the town of Kansk in the Krasnoyarsk Krai region when it went down north-west of Tiksi in the Sakha region.
Weather conditions were reportedly bad in the area when the crash happened. The defence ministry corrected earlier reports that many were killed and said everyone on board had survived.
The plane was carrying out a scheduled flight from Kansk when it came down about 30km (18 miles) short of Tiksi at 04:45 (19:45 GMT Sunday). The plane went down in an unpopulated area 29km (19 miles) from Tiksi. Although a strong crosswind was cited as a possible cause of the crash, pilot error was not being ruled out.
The plane broke into three pieces in what appears to have been an emergency landing. Rescue in a blizzard
Three Mi-8 helicopters were despatched to the crash site by Russia's Emergency Ministry. Thirty-eight people were taken to hospital, Ria Novosti reported. Four were critically injured and the rest were in a serious condition. It was not clear if the last person on board had been rescued.
As well as the 16 seriously injured, another seven people on board the plane required hospital treatment. Officials in Sakha said special hydraulic shears had been used at the scene to prise apart the wreckage in the search for survivors.
The plane, on a scheduled flight from Kansk, broke into three pieces as it made an emergency landing. Helicopters were sent to the scene to airlift the wounded to hospital in Tiksi.
The rescue operation had been complicated by blizzard conditions, with winds of 15-20m/second, Sakha officials said.
The Il-18 dates back to the 1960s and is still used as a military transporter.