Thursday, August 26, 2004

Two Israelis die in crashed Russian plane

MOSCOW. Aug 25 (Interfax) - Two Israelis were among the passengers of the Volga-Aviaekspress company's Tu-134 plane that crashed in Tula region late on Tuesday, after taking off from Moscow's Domodedovo airport, a member of the Israeli embassy staff told Interfax on Wednesday.

The embassy said earlier in the day that David Cohen and Eli Yaacovi were in the plane.

The Israeli consul will travel to Tula with the families of the dead men to identify the remains, the official said.

Interfax

Israeli Citizen On Board Crashed Plane

An Israeli citizen was among the 89 people — including passengers and crew — who perished when the two southbound airplanes crashed after departing from the same airport late Tuesday night.

The Israeli embassy confirmed Wednesday that David Koen was onboard the Tu-134 that crashed in the Tula region just south of Moscow, the Interfax news agency reported, citing a representative from the Israeli embassy.

The source said he could not rule out that there was at least one other Israeli citizen onboard.

Representatives of Russian oil major Lukoil were also onboard the Tu-134, law enforcement authorities told the Russian Information Agency Novosti. Lukoil representatives confirmed the reports.

A representative from the gas company Volgogradtransgas was also killed in the crash.

The Tu-134 departed Moscow just after 10 p.m. Tuesday for the south Russian city of Volgograd with 43 people onboard. It crashed shortly before midnight after disappearing from radar screens.

Source: MosNews

AS: Two of them are suiciide bomber... maybe.

# ANTENNA SHARON | 4:05:00 pm |