BG AUTHORITIES: CRASHED PLANE DID NOT LAND IN BG

Politics | October 4, 2001, Thursday // 00:00

The Bulgarian authorities denied the information of Russian officials that the Russian plane that crashed in the Black Sea stopped in the Burgas airport and took passengers from there, Info Radio reported. `The airplane did not pass trough the Bulgarian air space,` the Bulgarian Air Control announced. The plane flew over Turkey. `There were no Bulgarians on board,`Elena Poptodorova, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman announced. `A Russian plane, flying from Tel Aviv to the Siberian city Novosibirsk fell in the Black Sea, `the Russian Emergencies Ministry announced. There were at least 66 passengers and 11 crew on board, all Israeli. They all died. The accident took place at 1.35p.m Russian time.

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