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Seventy one people, including three foreign nationals and six crew members, were killed when Saratov Airlines flight 6W703 crashed shortly after take-off. The plane was flying to the city of Orsk when it vanished from radar screens shortly after it took off from Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport, before crashing some 50 miles south-east of the capital. According to the Russian Transport Ministry a special committee is investigating the cause of the deadly crash.
Drone footage captured the smoldering wreckage of a Boeing 747 cargo jet in the devastated village of Dacha-Suu in Kyrgyzstan on Monday, after the plane crashed into the settlement just outside the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek earlier in the day, killing at least 37 people. The plane was reportedly carrying just four crew members, but crashed into the village of Dacha-Suu, just 15 miles from the capital, and killed dozens of civilians on the ground. All of the crew reportedly died in the crash. Some 32 residential buildings in the village were destroyed. The Turkish MyCargo Airlines flight, operating the flight route TK6491, was flying from Hong Kong to Istanbul with a stopover in the Kyrgyz capital. All flights to and from Kyrgyzstan's Manas International Airport have been suspended.
The Russian Defense Ministry says a Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet, part of an aerobatic team, has crashed outside Moscow killing the pilot. Nathan Frandino reports.
Hunter Biden arrives at federal court in Delaware, where he is expected to plead not guilty to charges of illegally possessing a handgun. US President Joe Biden's son Hunter, 53, is facing three felony charges stemming from his 2018 purchase of a .38-caliber Colt Cobra revolver. IMAGES
Air defence forces downed a Ukrainian drone over Moscow on Friday, Russian officials said, the latest in a surge of aerial attacks targeting the capital. IMAGES
Dozens of workers continue to clear the scene of Friday's three-train crash in Balasore, eastern India. Damaged carriages still lie beside the tracks and debris litters the area. Search and rescue operations for victims and survivors came to an end yesterday, the day after the accident. The collision, which has now been blamed on a signalling error, led the deaths of at least 288 people and injured a further 900. It is India's deadliest rail incident in 20 years. IMAGES
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