VOA标准英语2008年-Russian Airliner Crashes, Killing All 88 People

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Russian officials say 88 people were killed early Sunday when a Boeing 737 crashed in the Ural mountains just outside the Siberian city of Perm. The passenger jet was getting ready to land after making the trek¹ eastward² from Moscow. Emma Stickgold has this report for the VOA in Moscow.
　
A fuselage piece of a Boeing-737-500 with the company's name Aeroflot, partly seen, lies at the crash site on the outskirts³ of the city of Perm in central Russia, Sunday, 14 Sept. 2008

Witnesses said the crash lit up the darkened sky in the central Ural mountains.

Wreckage⁴ from the early morning crash lay strewn about a set of railroad tracks a few hundred meters from residential⁵ buildings, as helicopters circled overhead, and crews worked to clean up the debris⁶.

All passengers and the crewmembers aboard died in the crash, after the jet, operated by Russian airline Aeroflot, lost contact with ground dispatchers.

Irina Danenberg is an Aeroflot spokeswoman.

She says that seven children were among the dead. She says the passenger list included 21 nationalities, including the United States, Switzerland, France, Germany, Turkey and Italy.

Railway tracks between Perm and Yekaterinburg along the Trans-Siberian route were shut down temporarily, as charred⁷ plane debris had yet to be cleared off the tracks.

Officials said investigators⁸ had located the "black box" flight recorder that often offers a glimpse into what transpired⁹.

Aeroflot said in a statement that it will offer up to $80,000 for each victim in compensation.

Russia and other former Soviet¹⁰ republics have attracted criticism from international aviation experts for its relatively¹¹ poor record on air traffic safety. Many have cited a lack of training among pilots, a steady stream of cost-cutting efforts, including the use of older aircraft, and not enough government control over the industry.

Thirty-three Russian aviation accidents resulted in the death of 318 people last year -a six-fold increase since 2005.