ZAGREB, Aug 22 (Hina) - Croatian President Stjepan Mesic on Tuesday afternoon sent a letter to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin extending condolences on the death of passengers aboard a Russian airliner.
ZAGREB, Aug 22 (Hina) - Croatian President Stjepan Mesic on
Tuesday afternoon sent a letter to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin
extending condolences on the death of passengers aboard a Russian airliner. The plane carrying 170 people crashed in flames on Tuesday in eastern
Ukraine, probably after hitting turbulence, killing all on board.
The aircraft Tupoljev-154 owned by the Pulkovo Airlines company took
off from the Black Sea resort of Anapa and was bound for its home base of St
Petersburg. Its route went across Ukraine's eastern tip.