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Old 21st Jun 2011, 09:36
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Rough translation from the Lenta.ru website:

According to the chairman of the Committee on the livelihoods and safety of the population of Karelia Nikolai Fedotov, the airplane during landing in difficult weather conditions deviated to the right of the runway at 150-200 meters.

The crew tried to correct the aircraft at an altitude of about 110 meters after the air traffic controller told the crew to perform a go-around, but during the maneuver it hit power lines along the road, which caused the runway lights to go out for some five seconds.

When emergency lighting came on, the plane had already touched the tops of the forest and crashed on a highway. Link

Also, it appears onboard were at least three high-ranking directors of a Russian nuclear power company, on their way to a conference in Petrozavodsk.
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