MOSCOW - A Russian passenger jet with 171 people aboard crashed in Ukraine on Tuesday after sending a distress signal, emergency officials said. Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry said 30 bodies had been found.
The Pulkovo airlines Tupolev 154, en route from the Russian Black Sea resort of Anapa to St. Petersburg, disappeared from radar screens over Ukraine, Emergency Situations Ministry spokeswoman Yulia Stadnikova said.
By ANNA MELNICHUK, Associated Press Writer 11 minutes ago
KIEV, Ukraine - A Russian passenger jet carrying at least 170 people crashed Tuesday in Ukraine after sending a distress signal, killing all aboard, authorities said. A Russian news agency said officials had ruled out terrorism, but the cause of the crash was still unclear, with various officials citing turbulence, lightning and a fire on board