Officials say at least 123 people were killed when the plane overran the runway and crashed.
Meanwhile, the regional governor has announced plans to build a new airport on the outskirts of Irkutsk next year.
(Interfax, AFP)
In all, 123 people died when the Sibir Airbus overshot the runway in Irkutsk (NTV) July 12, 2006 -- The chief of a regional division of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), Sergei Koryakov, has been identified among the victims of a plane crash in the Siberian city of Irkutsk on July 9.
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