Five killed in Ukraine plane crash

Kiev: Five people died when a transport plane crashed Friday while coming in to land in western Ukraine, emergency services said.

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The Antonov-12 with eight people on board crash-landed 1.5 kilometres (just over a mile) from the runway at Lviv airport.

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The surviving three passengers were hospitalised in a serious condition after being trapped in the wreckage, the emergency service said.

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It added the aircraft was operated by Kiev-based company Ukraine Air Alliance and flying in from Vigo in Spain.

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Deputy Infrastructure Minister Yuriy Lavrenyuk told Ukraine’s 112 TV channel that it was thought the plane had run out of fuel or a pilot had made a mistake.

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The emergency services posted a picture of the plane with one wing ripped off.

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