Engine failure could be responsible for Tu-142 crash

MOSCOW. November 11. KAZINFORM Engine failure could have caused Friday's crash of a Russian military Tu-142 plane in the Tatar Strait, the chief of the Russian General Staff said on Wednesday; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.

"The commission will complete the probe and find out," Gen. Nikolai Makarov said.

The exact cause of the crash could be established only after black boxes from the plane are found.

Eleven people were on board the Pacific Fleet plane that went down during a combat training flight on Friday some 20 kilometers (12 miles) off the Tatar Strait, which separates mainland Russia from the Far East island of Sakhalin; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.

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