Plane crash kills 1, injures 7

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Plane crash kills 1, injures 7

Aug 20, 2008
By Monika Hanley

DOWN TO EARTH: The deadly crash was probably a result of poor weather conditions.

RIGA - A plane crash in Tukums has left one dead and seven others critically wounded. The eight-passenger Fighter 31 crashed shortly after 10 a.m. on Aug. 16 after taking off from Riga’s Spilve Airport, narrowly missing nearby homes by about 200 meters. The crash is under investigation, but the leading hypothesis is that poor visibility due to weather conditions is to blame. The plane belonged to the aviation school Air Training, confirmed Tukums area police director Signe Dektere. A ...

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