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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/one-killed-as-russian-jet-explodes.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="A Russian jet caught fire and exploded at a Siberian airport, killing one person" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-one-killed-as-russian-jet-explodes.jpg" alt="A Russian jet caught fire and exploded at a Siberian airport, killing one person"/></a></p>
<p>A Russian passenger jet carrying 128 people caught fire and later exploded at a Siberian airport &#8211; killing one person and injuring 10, officials have said.</p>
<p>The rest of the passengers and crew were safely evacuated before the explosion in the Western Siberian oil town of Surgut.</p>
<p>Emergency services spokesman Vadim Grebennikov said the fire, which began in one of the engines as the plane taxied for take-off, caused a powerful blast that destroyed the Tu-154 aircraft and spread flames across an area of 100m sq (1,100ft sq).</p>
<p>The plane, which belonged to the regional Kogalymavia airline, was flying from Surgut to Moscow.</p>
<p>The Tu-154 has been the workhorse of the Soviet and post-Soviet civilian aviation industry, first entering service in the 1970s. But after a series of crashes involving the ageing fleet raised safety concerns, flagship carrier Aeroflot withdrew all of its Tu-154s from service, with the last flight a year ago.</p>
<p>The midrange jet remains, however, the mainstay of smaller airlines across Russia and the former Soviet Union. It is banned from parts of Europe due to excessive engine noise.</p>
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