Two people were killed in a plane crash in Russia's Nenets Autonomous Region, north of the Arctic Circle, on January 9. Media reports quoted emergency officials as saying a private An-2 single-engine biplane crashed near the town of Karataika. There were 12 persons aboard, including two pilots. Accidents involving aging planes are common in Russia's Siberia and Far East. To read the original story from RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.
Two Killed In Plane Crash In Russia's Far North
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