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A passenger plane skidded off a runway and crashed in South Korea today.

Officials say 179 people were killed.

Only two people survived. The plane had flown from Bangkok and was attempting to land at an airport about 180 miles south of Seoul. It appears the front landing gear failed to deploy. The plane overshot the runway, slammed into a concrete fence, and burst into flames. The flight data and cockpit voice recorders have

been recovered for the investigation. The president of Azerbaijan said today Russian anti-aircraft

weapons hit the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed last week, killing 38 people. Speaking on

Azerbaijan television, Ilhem Aliyev criticized Russian officials

for initially denying involvement. NPR's Brian Nain has more. President Aliyev said in the

interview, we can say with complete clarity the plane was shot down by Russia. He added, there's

no evidence. Russia struck the passenger liner intentionally, but

Aliyev accused Russia of trying to hush up the incident by giving what he described as delirious

versions of the crash. He called for Russia to prosecute those involved and pay compensation.

The plane was en route from Azerbaijan's capital, Baku, to Groszny, a city in Russia, when it

began to fly erratically,

eventually crashing in nearby Kazakhstan.

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