01.09 Light Aircraft Crashes in Urals Lake, Two Dead

UFA, September 1 (RIA Novosti) A light plane crashed into a lake in the southern Urals Republic of Bashkortostan on Sunday, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said.

The aircraft crashed into a lake in the republics Kushnarenkovsky district at around 9 a.m. on Sunday.

The pilot and his 15-year-old passenger died in the accident, the ministry said.