Deaths reported in Ukraine plane crash
By CNN Staff
February 14, 2013 -- Updated 0029 GMT (0829 HKT)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- The plane was a charter flight carrying soccer fans
- The craft missed the landing strip, an emergency official said
- It was headed from Odessa to Donetsk
(CNN) -- At least four people died when a plane made an emergency crash-landing in Ukraine on Wednesday, the Russian news outlet, state-run RIA Novosti, reported.
There were 45 people on board when the AN-24 crashed in the Donetsk region, an emergency official said. At least two people are unaccounted for. Thirty-nine were evacuated before the airliner caught fire, the official said.
"The plane missed the landing strip, turned upside down and broke into pieces," the official said.
The Donetsk-bound charter flight was carrying soccer fans from Odessa. They were heading to a UEFA Champions League game between Shakhtar Donetsk and Borussia Dortmund, the Ukrainskaya Pravda website reported.
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