Plane crashes in northern Russia, 2 people killed

This morning, a passenger aircraft crashed in Russia’s Nenets Autonomous District while taking off. Two people are killed, eleven taken to hospital, administration of the district informs.

A TVS-2MS plane was heading from Naryan-Mar to Kharuta and crashed at 10:30 a.m. The plane slid off the runway during the take-off.

13 people were aboard, ten of them adults (two of them were the crew), one child.

The administration established a work group led by Governor Alexander Tsybulsky.

The most recent reports by the Arkhangelsk Region Investigation Committee say the number of victims increased to four.