Russia mourns 122 killed in plane crash

Flags flew at half-mast and entertainment programmes were cancelled across Russia today to mark a day of mourning for the victims of a plane crash in the Siberian city of Irkutsk that killed at least 122 people and left nine others missing.

Fifty-eight people were injured when the airliner slid off a rain-slicked runway into adjacent garages yesterday and burst into flames.