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11 foreigners on doomed Airbus
09/07/2006 13:02 - (SA)
Moscow - Eleven foreigners were on board the Airbus plane that crashed in Siberia on Sunday, an official for the Sibir airline told Interfax.
"We have information about 11 citizens of foreign countries on board the crashed plane," the official said.
The foreigners were two Polish citizens, two Germans, two Moldovans, two South Koreans and three Chinese, the official said.
The plane's passengers also included 14 children aged 12 or under, the official said.
At least 137 people died out of the 200 people who were on board the Airbus A310 plane that crashed during landing at Irkutsk airport, officials have said.
Precise information on possible fatalities among the foreigners and children has not yet been released.
- AFP
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