Airliner crashes in Tashkent - no survivors

A small airliner crashed tonight in Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent, killing all on board, the Russian ITAR-Tass news agency reported.

Uzbek officials could not immediately be reached for confirmation.

The report did not specify whether the plane belonged to an airline and whether it was used as a passenger or transport craft.

The An-24 is a twin-engine propeller plane with a capacity of 52 passengers.

ITAR-Tass reported that 37 people were killed in the crash.

Uzbek President Islam Karimov went to the accident site.