All 143 people on board a Russian plane which crashed in Siberia are reported to have died. The Tupolev 154 plane, belonging to the Vladivostokavia airline, disappeared from radar screens at 9.10 Moscow time (6.10pm Irish time). It was carrying 133 passengers and 10 crew on a flight from the Urals city of Yekaterinburg to Vladivostok in the Russian far east. It came down close to the village of Budyonnovka, some 34 km (20 miles) from Irkutsk. The Kremlin has announced a commission of enquiry into the cause of the crash.
