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Russian crash fans grief as jet hits apartment block
Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin praised the dead pilots of the doomed An-124 cargo jet, saying engine failure led to the disaster in Irkutsk. The jet struck a five story building, killing 65, with 59 bodies recovered and 12 in hospital, as rescue crews worked in minus four degree weather.
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