Moscow: A Russian passenger jet with 170 people aboard crashed in Ukraine on Tuesday after sending an SOS message, emergency officials said.
The plane was carrying 170 people including 39 children and 10 crew members. All 170 people aboard the aircraft have died.
The Tupolev Tu-154 plane, en route from the Russian Black Sea resort of Anapa to St Petersburg, disappeared from radar screens while flying over Ukraine, Emergency Situations Ministry spokeswoman Yulia Stadnikova said.
Minutes later, the ministry said wreckage from the plane was found on the ground.
RIA-Novosti news agency reported that the wreckage was found near the Ukrainian city of Donetsk.
The plane belongs to Pulkovo airlines, which is based in St. Petersburg, Stadnikova said.
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