The Tu-134 passenger planeapparently clipped a power line and crashed in heavy fog on a highway innorthwestern Russia , killing 44 people and injuring eight others,the Karelia branch of the Russian Emergencies Ministry said.
The plane, belonging to the RusAir airline, crash landed on a highwayabout one km away from Petrozavodsk airport at about 11:55 p.m, Moscowtime./.