Investigators probe Ukraine plane crash which killed 170

Investigators today combed through the wreckage of a Russian passenger jet that crashed into a Ukrainian field during a severe thunderstorm, killing all 170 people aboard.

Investigators today combed through the wreckage of a Russian passenger jet that crashed into a Ukrainian field during a severe thunderstorm, killing all 170 people aboard.

The flight recorders of the Pulkovo Airlines’ Tu-154 have not been found. The recorders could explain the cause of the third fatal crash this year of a Russian passenger airliner.

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