- Title: UKRAINE: Five people killed as small plane crashes in Ukraine
- Date: 10th December 2007
- Summary: (BN16) ZHYLYANI, OUTSIDE KIYEV, UKRAINE (DECEMBER 9, 2007) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) MYKOLA ZUBCHENKO, SECURITY GUARD OF NEARBY STORAGE FACILITY AND EYE-WITNESS, SAYING: "At 1700 (1500 GMT) local time we heard an explosion, we went out of the building and saw a burning plane, we ran towards it, immediately called ambulance, police and a fire brigade. They all arrived in about 15 minutes, then (Nestor) Shufrich (Emergency situations minister of Ukraine) arrived as well. But when we reached the site we saw four bodies. We hoped there were survivors, we hoped to rescue them, but it was too late." POLICEMEN WALKING (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) NESTOR SHUFRICH, EMERGENCY SITUATION MINISTER OF UKRAINE, SAYING: "The reasons for the crash are being investigated, it would be too early to give specific causes of the crash, but we are working on a human factor version."
- Embargoed: 25th December 2007 12:00
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- Location: Ukraine
- Country: Ukraine
- Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
- Reuters ID: LVAA59Z78605HVZEACBWWY14M173
- Story Text: A small plane crashes in Ukraine, killing five Czech citizens on Sunday.
A small chartered plane flying from the Czech Republic to Kiev crashed near the Ukrainian capital on Sunday (December 9) killing all five people on board.
The plane, a Beechcraft B9L, came down near Kiev's second and smaller airport, Zhylyani, in a field 300 metres from a main road. There were two pilots and three passengers on board. No one on the ground was hurt.
Eye-witnesses spoke of running towards the wreckage of the plane hoping to find survivors but it was too late.
Jan Padourek, first secretary at the Czech Embassy in Kiev, told Czech television the five victims were all Czech citizens.
Ukraine's Emergency Situations Minister Nestor Shufrich said it was too early to say what caused the crash but the possibility of a human error would be part of the investigation.
Czech TV quoted a Czech embassy official in Kiev as saying the plane came from the eastern Czech city of Hradec Kralove. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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