Plane fire kills 3 in Russia

01-02-2011 10:00 BJT

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Over in Russia a passenger jet carrying 124 people caught fire and exploded at a Siberian airport killing three people and injuring 43 others. According to reports the plane caught fire as it landed on a snowy runway.

Luckily, most of the passengers and crew were evacuated before the explosion. An emergency services spokesman says the fire began in one of the engines, causing a powerful blast.

All that remained of the jet was the tail section and part of a wing. So far 10 people are said to have sustained serious injuries and others are being treated after inhaling toxic fumes.

Olga Sytnik, Passenger, said, "Only one exit was working, we didn't see the middle exit, it seems it was not able to be opened. People were getting out of plane and found themselves on the wing. Some kind of a ladder was there and people started to go down. But before that, there were a lot of people on the wing. Some just jumped down to the ground and were limping away."