At Least 71 Killed in Midair Collision Over Southern Germany

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At Least 71 Killed in Midair Collision Over Southern Germany

Two planes collided with each other in sky over southern Germany on Monday night, killing at least 71 people, German authorities said Tuesday.

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Midair Collision Over Southern Germany

Two planes collided with each other in sky over southern Germany on Monday night, killing at least 71 people, German authorities said Tuesday.

Police cited the German embassy in Moscow as saying that one ofthe accident planes, a Tupolev 154, had 69 people on board, including 49 adults, 8 children and 12 crew members.

Earlier, more than 140 deaths were reported by German press. Sofar, 11 bodies have been recovered, reports quoted the Interior Ministry of the southern German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg as saying.

The Tupolev 154 of Russia's Bashkirian Airlines, was flying from Moscow to Barcelona, the ministry said.

The other, a Boeing 757 freight plane with a two-member crew aboard, was flying from Bahrain to Brussels. The plane belonged toDHL, an express delivery company.

The two planes collided shortly before midnight in the sky at an altitude of 12,000 meters and crashed in Ueberlingen, near Boden Lake, with debris setting a school, a farm and several houses on fire.

There were on immediate reports on deaths caused by the crash on the ground.

Bodies and debris spread within a 30-kilometer radius, and hundreds of German police equipped with helicopters were searchingthe area.

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