Light aircraft crash kills two in Russia

MOSCOW - Two people were killed in an aircraft crash in south Russia's Krasnodar territory, regional emergency authorities said Sunday.

The report of the crash was received at 3:12 pm Moscow time (1112 GMT), a spokesperson of the Emergency Situations Ministry's southern regional branch told the Interfax news agency.

Two pilots onboard the Bekas multipurpose light aircraft were dead, said the spokesman.