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Black box found at site of crash landing
Mar 22, 2010 at 11:58 | Interfax-UkraineThe flight recorders have been sent for analysis.
The airliner en route from the Egyptian coastal city of Hurghada to Moscow made a forced landing in the approaches to the airport in the early hours of Monday. There were eight crewmembers aboard. All survived but seven were injured. Four of the crewmembers were taken to an intensive care unit of a local hospital.