LUXEMBOURG (AP) - A
Soviet jetliner with 77 people
aboard skidded off a runway at
Luxembourg’s airport
Wednesday, crashed into a
grove of trees and burst into
flames Police said as many as
10 people were killed and the
others suffered burns and frac
tures
Witnesses said the Aeroflot
Ilyushin 62 suddenly veered to
the right, shot into the woods
and caught fire
A police spokesman said the
cause of the crash was not
immediately determined and
that casualty tolls were being
revised as searchers combed
the woods for victims of the
crash, which occurred at 8:23
p.m. (3:23 p.m. EDT).
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Crash of Soviet airplane
leaves 10 dead, 65 hurt
mmai repons pui ine aeatn
toll at 53. That was revised
downward to 12 and later in the
night a police spokesman said
the number of dead was no
higher than 10. He said the pilot
and co-pilot were slightly in
jured
He said a precise count would
not be possible until the Soviet
Embassy in Luxembourg
provided a passenger list and
the number of injured in several
hospitals was compared to the
list.
"So far, we haven't received
the passenger list,” the
spokesman said about seven
hours after the crash.
Many of the injured suffered
severe burns and were taken to
a burn center in Metz, France.
37 miles to the south. The other
survivors were taken to five ho
spitals in the city.
Passengers scrambled out of
the burning jet as a series of
explosions rocked it and flames
engulfed the fuselage,
witnesses said
"We heard an extremely loud
engine noise that lasted for a
tew seconds,” said a man who
lives next to Findel Airport
“Then there was silence,” he
said, followed by a series of
explosions that continued for
about 20 minutes.
Airport officials said the air
craft landed at 8:23 p.m. (4:23
p.m EDT), and appeared to
have made a proper landing
until it suddenly turned to the
right and skidded about 1,000
yards
It shot over a small pond and
plunged into some woods,
knocking down trees for about
100 yards before it came to a
halt at the end of a small valley,
according to airport officials
and television reports The
explosions followed and the
plane caught fire
Rescue workers brought
powerful lights to the scene of
the crash and called out for
survivors in several languages,
including Russian
Polish honor
interned leader
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -
More than 8,000 people jammed
St Brigid's Church in Gdansk
and spilled onto the streets to
honor interned Solidarity chiet
Lech Walesa Wednesday at a
special Roman Catholic Mass
marking his 39th birthday,
witnesses said
The Walesa family priest,
Father Henryk Jankowski,
delivering the homily, called for
release of Walesa and others
interned under martial law and
for the revival of the Soviet
bloc's only independent trade
union
In Warsaw, Roman Catholic
primate Archbishop Jozef
Glemp told Western journalists
that "major disturbances can be
expected" if authorities outlaw
Solidarity