Russia passenger plane crashes, two killed-agencies

MOSCOW, July 9 (Reuters) A plane with 200 people on board crashed on landing in Siberia in Russia early today, Russian news agencies said, and quoted emergency services as saying two people were killed.

The Airbus A-310 passenger plane on a night flight from Moscow to Irkutsk was carrying 192 passengers and eight crew members when it crashed at 0250 Moscow time (2250 GMT Saturday) on landing.

RIA news agency said during its final approach, the plane overran the runway, crashed into a building and caught fire.

It quoted an emergency ministry spokesman as saying two passengers had been killed and 43 people taken to hospital with injuries, nine of them suffering from burns.

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