Investigators walk at the site of a plane crash near the airport of the Belarus capital Minsk, October 27, 2009. Five people were killed after an executive jet crashed on Monday while coming in to land in Minsk.
MOSCOW, Oct. 27 -- Five people were killed in the crash of a Russian business plane near Minsk, the Belarusian capital, on Monday night, Itar-Tass news agency reported.
Three crew members and two passengers were on board the plane when it crashed near the Minsk international airport, a Belarusian emergency services official was quoted by Itar-Tass as saying.
The business jet took off from Moscow's Vnukovo airport, and crashed following a failed attempt to make emergency landing, the official said.
The wreckage of the plane was found 4 km from the runway.
According to the jet's operator, the S-Air Company, there should have been six people aboard the plane, but the sixth person did not board.
The Moscow-based S-Air is a small private company which provides charter services to top-level executives and government officials.
Investigators walk at the site of a plane crash near the airport of the Belarus capital Minsk, October 27, 2009. Five people were killed after an executive jet crashed on Monday while coming in to land in Minsk.
An investigator walks at the site of a plane crash near the airport of the Belarus capital Minsk, October 27, 2009. Five people were killed after an executive jet crashed on Monday while coming in to land in Minsk.
An investigator walks at the site of a plane crash near the airport of the Belarus capital Minsk, October 27, 2009. Five people were killed after an executive jet crashed on Monday while coming in to land in Minsk.
(Xinhua)
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