All 5 victims of Ukraine plane crash identified as Czech nationals

By SPA

Kiev, Ukraine : All five people killed when a small plane crashed outside Kiev have been identified as Czech nationals, officials said Monday.


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The chartered plane crashed Sunday afternoon in dense fog, killing all five on board _ two crew members and three passengers, the Emergency Situations Ministry said in a statement.

The turboprop-powered Beechcraft had been on a charter flight from the Czech city of Hradec Kralove to the Zhulyany airport in Kiev’s southwestern outskirts. It crashed in a field near a major highway and burst into flames.

The plane belonged to the Czech company MINIB Ltd., said Natalia Alyushina, a Transport Ministry spokeswoman.

The cause of the crash is being investigated, the Associated Press reported.

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