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Vnukovo Tu-154 hits mountain in cloud
A VNUKOVO AIRLINES Tupolev Tu-154M has crashed about 10km (5.5nm) from Longyearbyen Airport on the northern Norwegian island of Svalbard (Spitzbergen), while approaching the airport's runway 28. The accident to the Moscow-based airliner happened at midday local time on 29 August .
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