Small plane crash kills 3 in southern Russia

MOSCOW, May 26 (Xinhua) -- A small seaplane crashed in southern Russia on Sunday night, killing three people onboard, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said.

The crash occurred at 8:50 p.m. Moscow time (1650 GMT) in the Krasnodar region, when the plane was conducting a crop-dusting operation, the Interfax news agency quoted local authorities as saying.

All three people onboard -- two pilots and one passenger -- were found dead when rescuers arrived at the scene shortly after the crash, said the emergency authorities.

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