Two people died as a result of falling of An-2 in NAO

The accident was reported by the acting head of the region Alexander Tsybulsky.

MOSCOW, December 19. /TASS/. Passenger plane An-2 crashed Tuesday during takeoff in the Nenets Autonomous district (NAO).

In the result of incident two persons were lost, 11 were hospitalized, reported TASS, the acting head of the region Alexander Tsybulsky.

“On Board [the plane] were 13 people, 11 people — passengers, two crew members. Two people were killed, the rest of the hospital. The tragedy occurred on takeoff,” said he.

As reported by TASS on Tuesday, a source in the emergency services, the fire did not happen, but the fuselage of the aircraft destroyed. He said that the airport works in a regular mode.

Fire during hard landing of An-2 in Nar’jan-Mar has not happened, but the fuselage is destroyed. Among the victims are children pic.twitter.com/3mvkB3rZi3

— NTV (@ntvru) December 19, 2017

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