Russian plane crash

A portrait of Yevgeny Prigozhin is seen among flowers at a makeshift memorial in front of the Wagner Group headquarters in St. Petersburg, Friday. Prigozhin and other members of the mercenary company are believed to have died in a plane crash in Russia.

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The Kremlin denies causing the plane crash thought to have killed Prigozhin

12:58pm August 25, 2023

by Charles Maynes

The Kremlin is dismissing allegations that Russian President Vladimir Putin was behind the apparent death of Wagner mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash.

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Russian Military Transport Crashes In Syria, Killing All 39 Aboard

2:09pm March 06, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The Antonov An-26 crashed on landing approach to a Russian air base in western Syria.

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Investigators Rule Out Explosion In Russian Plane Crash

1:18pm December 29, 2016

by Laurel Wamsley

Mechanical failure is speculated as the likely cause of the Christmas plane crash that killed 92, although not all officials are ready to dismiss terrorism as a motive.

A woman mourns at a makeshift memorial for the victims of a jetliner crash outside Pulkovo International Airport in St. Petersburg on Tuesday.

As Final Bodies Are Flown To Russia, Clues Emerge About Metrojet Plane Crash

7:29am November 03, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

The final moments of the aircraft are still a mystery, but cockpit voice and flight data recorders have been recovered and investigators are combing through the evidence.

People mourn the victims of the Airbus A321 crash at the Palace Square on Sunday in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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With Cause Of Plane Crash Still Unknown, Russians Begin Identifying Remains

2:07pm November 02, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

The government has not determined a cause of the crash. But the company that owned the Airbus A321 said the crash could have been caused by an external force.

The Russian aircraft carrying 224 people crashed Saturday in a remote mountainous region in the Sinai Peninsula about 20 minutes after taking off from the Egyptian Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh.

Russian Official: Airliner Broke Apart In Midair Over Sinai Peninsula

6:57pm November 01, 2015

by Brakkton Booker

The flight bound for St. Petersburg, Russia, from the Egyptian town of Sharm el-Sheikh plummeted "abruptly from 31,000 feet just 23 minutes" after it took off, according to the Associated Press.