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Russia passenger plane struck radio antenna
Sep 7, 2011, 13:54 GMT
Moscow - The Russian passenger plane that crashed with an ice hockey team aboard had struck a radio antenna shortly after take-off, state aviation officials said Wednesday.
The Yak-42 aircraft took off from an airport near the Russian city Yaroslavl but 'was unable to reach a safe altitude and struck a radio antenna beyond the runway,' an agency statement said.
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