25 people survive Kyrgyz plane crash

Twenty-five people out of 90 aboard a Kyrgyz passenger plane which crashed outside the capital Bishkek today have survived, the country's emergencies minister said. "There were 90 people on board, 25 out of them survived," Emergencies Minister...

Twenty-five people out of 90 aboard a Kyrgyz passenger plane which crashed outside the capital Bishkek today have survived, the country's emergencies minister said.

"There were 90 people on board, 25 out of them survived," Emergencies Minister Kamchibek Tashiyev told Reuters by telephone.

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