Investigators in Russia say they have found the "black box" recorders from a passenger jet that caught fire and exploded as it taxied for takeoff in Siberia, killing three people.
In this image taken from Russia 24 television channel TV, showing a tail part of the Russian passenger Tu-154 aircraft seen after an explosion in Surgut, about 2200 kilometers (1,350 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011.
The Russian passenger jet carrying 128 people caught fire and later exploded at a Siberian airport on Saturday, killing one person and injuring several others, officials said.
The rest of the passengers and crew were safely evacuated before the explosion in the Western Siberian oil town of Surgut. (AP Photo/Rossia 24 Television Channel) TV OUT
MOSCOW — Investigators in Russia say they have found the "black box" recorders from a passenger jet that caught fire and exploded as it taxied for takeoff in Siberia, killing three people.
The Interstate Aviation Committee, which oversees civil aviation in much of the former Soviet Union, said in a statement Sunday that the data and voice recorders from the Tu-154 had been recovered at the accident site in Surgut.
The plane belonging to a regional airline was carrying 124 people when the fire broke out Saturday. Panicky passengers fought through thick smoke to get off the plane and most succeeded before the explosion.
At least 43 other people were injured, and Russian news reports said 30 of them remained hospitalized.
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