37 Die in Plane Crash in Soviet Caucasus
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MOSCOW — A Soviet passenger jet crashed in the Caucasus Mountains, killing 37 people, the Tass news agency reported Friday. There were 38 people on board; one passenger was reported missing.
The Yak-40, a short-range, commuter-style aircraft, was flying over southern Russia when it vanished Thursday from radar shortly before it was scheduled to land in the Caspian Sea port of Makhachkala, the agency said.
A search was launched, and late Thursday the wreckage of the plane was found between the cities of Buinaksk and Makhachkala, Tass said, quoting the Soviet Ministry of Civil Aviation.
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