Plane crash lands in Manitoba, leaving four dead
     LITTLE GRAND RAPIDS, Manitoba - December 10, 1997 00:29 a.m. EST
 - An airplane slammed into dense bush in northeastern Manitoba on
 Tuesday just short of a landing strip, killing four people and in-
 juring 13, police said. The plane crashed about 3:30 p.m. while
 trying to land in cold, misty weather.
     Three of the dead were killed in the crash while the fourth, a
 young boy about five years old, died hours later in a Winnipeg
 hospital, where the injured were airlifted.
     The EMB 110 aircraft, owned by Sowind Airline Ltd. of St.
 Andrews, Manitoba, was carrying two pilots and 15 passengers on
 a flight from St. Andrews to Little Grand Rapids.
     Capt. Marc Favre of the military search and rescue center in
 Trenton, Ontario, said the plane crashed in trees and rocks about
 100 yards short of the landing strip.
     The armed forces sent two Hercules aircraft and a helicopter to
 the area, about 180 miles northeast of Winnipeg, near the Ontario
 boundary.
     "We have icy, misty, foggy weather," said Stemken. "It's not a
 good flying day at all."
     Oliver Owen of Sowind Air said another flight landed at the air-
 strip with no problems half an hour earlier.
     The plane was a 1982 twin-engine turbo-prop that carried 19
 people. Owen said he was not aware of any problems with the
 aircraft.
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           Hijackers seize Russian jet carrying 146 people
     MOSCOW - December 10, 1997 02:29 a.m. EST -- Hijackers seized a
 Russian plane with 146 passengers on board Wednesday, headed to
 Moscow from the Far Eastern city of Magadan, the Interfax news
 agency reported.
     The hijackers were demanding $10 million and a flight to Switz-
 erland, Interfax said, citing sources.
     Police did not immediately confirm or deny the report.
     According to the report, an unidentified Moscow police spokesman
 said the flight was due to arrive at Sheremetyevo-1 airport in the
 capital at about 11 a.m. (3 a.m. EST).
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