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15 dead in Uzbekistan air crash
Thursday, 19 October 2006 17:37Fifteen people have been killed following a plane crash in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent.
An Uzbekistan Airways civilian plane was participating in a military training flight when it crashed while trying to make an emergency landing.
Two crew members and 13 soldiers died when small Antonov-2 aircraft crashed near an airfield in the Urta-Chirchik district.
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It is understood weather conditions were poor at the time of the incident.
The government of Uzbekistan has set up a special commission to investigate the disaster.
