From LatviaCalling:
Witnesses on the ground saw them both explode in the air, and not on the ground.
Can you please tell more? So far I have only read of witnesses hearing the Tu-134 coming down:
Residents of the village recounted the sounds of the disaster.
"There were three loud bangs ... like someone knocking, like breaking glass," said Nikolai Gorokhov, who was in his home when the plane crashed. "I thought it was thunder at first."
Yevgeny Chorkin, 17, said he also heard three bangs. "First there was the sound of roaring, as if the plane was flying very low, then came an explosion, like thunder, followed by two more blasts after a couple of seconds. And that was it," Chorkin said.
Olga Yevseyeva said she was putting her son to bed at 10:55 p.m. when she heard a loud roar and smelled burning rubber.
"Then there was a hollow bang and a crash, and that was it," she said. "Silence."