Plane Crash Near Moscow – level 3

14-02-2018 07:00

A plane flying from one of Moscow’s airports disappeared from radars shortly after departing. It was bound for Orsk, a city near Russia’s border with Kazakhstan.

The plane carrying 71 people crashed 40 kilometres from the airport, leaving no survivors. Witnesses said that the aircraft was in flames as it fell from the sky.

The country’s Investigative Committee said that all possible crash causes are being looked into.

Difficult words: disappear (stop being visible), departing (leaving), bound for (flying to).

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