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Navigator in Russian highway plane crash was drunk: Official
MOSCOW : The navigator of a Russian plane that crashed onto a highway in the north-western region of Karelia in June,
MOSCOW: The navigator of a Russian plane that crashed onto a highway in the north-western region of Karelia in June, killing 47, was drunk, an official report said Monday.
The navigator "was in a light state of alcoholic intoxication" with a blood alcohol level of 0.81, as the crew attempted to land the plane in bad weather, the Interstate Aviation Committee said in a report posted on its website.
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011
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