A helicopter carrying a group of Russian officials on a hunting trip has crashed in South Siberia’s mountains, killing seven people, officials said today.

A Russian passenger plane skidded off a rain-soaked Siberian runway early today, ploughed through a concrete barrier and burst into flames killing at least 124 people.

A Russian passenger plane crashed on landing in the Siberian city of Irkutsk early today, killing around 150 passengers, Russian news agencies reported.