31 people killed as ATR-72 Passenger Plane Crashed in Siberia

At least 31 people killed and several left injured in passenger plane crash in Siberia on 2 April 2012. The ATR-72, a French-Italian-made plane crashed shortly after taking off from Tyumen.

Russia over the past few years has witnessed a string of deadly crashes. Most of these accidents have been due to the use of old Soviet-era aircraft. The industry experts, however, point to a variety of other reasons viz. poor crew training, crumbling airports, lax government controls and widespread neglect of safety in the pursuit of profits, responsible for crashes .

Pilot error and fog also were ruled the main causes of a crash in April 2010 that killed Poland's president and 95 other people as their plane was trying to land near Smolensk, in western Russia. The ATR-72 has been involved in several accidents in past years.