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Moscow, Aug 18 (IANS) An An-24 passenger plane overran the runway during takeoff at Roshchino International Airport in Tyumen, western Siberia of Russia, on Monday morning, said local authorities. The aircraft carried six crew members and 40 passengers, including 13 children, but no injuries were reported in the incident, according to a statement posted on Telegram by the Central Interregional Investigative Directorate for Transport of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Xinhua News Agency reported. All passengers were safely evacuated, and airport operations continued following the incident, said the statement. Preliminary reports suggest that a technical malfunction in the…

Moscow, Dec 8, A passenger plane with 176 people on board made a safe emergency landing at Novosibirsk airport in Russia on Friday morning after its engine caught fire shortly after takeoff, local media reported. When the Boeing 737 plane, operated by S7 Airline, was flying from Novosibirsk to Moscow, it experienced a technical malfunction after which it made a safe emergency landing. The incident occurred around 07:00 local time (0000 GMT), Xinhua news agency reported. "No one was injured," an official of the West Siberian Transport Prosecutor's Office said, adding that "the passengers were accommodated in the airport building…