Two die in Tallinn plane crash

  • 2003-02-13
  • Aleksei Gunter
TALLINNTwo pilots were killed and one crew member injured after an AN-28 aircraft carrying mail crashed near Tallinn's airport in the evening of Feb. 10.The cabin and the right wing were destroyed as the plane smashed into the ground just one kilometer away from the runway shortly after take-off at 7:42 p.m. local time. The plane was on a regular flight from Tallinn to Helsinki carrying 500 kilograms of TNT Express Worldwide mail.Plane captain Aleksander Verbenko, 45, was still alive when the rescue department team arrived at the crash site, but he died shortly afterward.Israeli citizen Vla...
 
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