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No survivors aboard crashed Russian jet
AP ^ | 8/22/06 | ANNA MELNICHUK

Posted on 08/22/2006 10:11:19 AM PDT by teacherwoes

KIEV, Ukraine - A Russian passenger jet carrying at least 170 people — including 45 children — crashed Tuesday in eastern Ukraine after sending a distress signal, killing all aboard, authorities said.

Russian authorities said they had ruled out terrorism, and Ukrainian officials said there was bad weather in the area at the time of the crash.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: airline; aviation; crash; planecrash; pulkovo; russia; ukraine

1 posted on 08/22/2006 10:11:20 AM PDT by teacherwoes
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To: teacherwoes

+memory eternal+


2 posted on 08/22/2006 10:12:36 AM PDT by MarMema
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To: teacherwoes
How very sad. My heart goes out to those who lost loved ones in this horrible tragedy.

Leni

3 posted on 08/22/2006 10:16:11 AM PDT by MinuteGal (Israel, Hold Firm !................No Retreat means No Repeat !)
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To: teacherwoes

Prayers for the dead and their families. May the victims rest in peace.


4 posted on 08/22/2006 10:35:47 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Cheney X -- Destroying the Liberal Democrat Traitors By Any Means Necessary -- Ya Dig ? Sho 'Nuff.)
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To: teacherwoes

AP reorted that 45 children are among the dead. Very sad.


5 posted on 08/22/2006 11:24:41 AM PDT by HEY4QDEMS (Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
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To: teacherwoes

.....so sad....R.I.P.....


6 posted on 08/22/2006 11:27:59 AM PDT by auto power
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May God rest their souls.


7 posted on 08/22/2006 11:52:52 AM PDT by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: teacherwoes

Firefighters put out fire at the crash site of a Russian Tupolev Tu-154 airplane of Pulkovo Airlines 45 km (30 miles) north of the regional town of Donetsk, August 22, 2006. A Russian Tupolev Tu-154 airplane of Pulkovo Airlines with at least 154 people on board crashed in flames on Tuesday in eastern Ukraine after a failed emergency landing, Ukraine's Emergencies Ministry said. REUTERS/Alexander Khudotioply (UKRAINE)


A firefighter gestures at the crash site of a Russian Tupolev Tu-154 airplane of Pulkovo Airlines 45 km (30 miles) north of the regional town of Donetsk, August 22, 2006. A Russian Tupolev Tu-154 airplane of Pulkovo Airlines with at least 154 people on board crashed in flames on Tuesday in eastern Ukraine after a failed emergency landing, Ukraine's Emergencies Ministry said. REUTERS/Alexander Khudotioply (UKRAINE)


People grieve near the crash site of a Russian Tupolev Tu-154 airplane of Pulkovo Airlines 45 km (30 miles) north of the regional town of Donetsk, August 22, 2006. REUTERS/Alexander Khudotioply


8 posted on 08/22/2006 3:20:53 PM PDT by Libloather (I would give my left arm to be ambidextrous...)
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Damn Tupolev pieces of crap.


9 posted on 08/23/2006 2:59:14 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (Islam is a subsingularity memetic perversion : (http://www.orionsarm.com/topics/perversities.html))
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