MOSCOW, August 31. /TASS/. An-2 aircraft that made a hard landing in the Prigorodny district of North Ossetia was on a training flight for parachute jumps, Vladikavkaz flying club told TASS.

Four Britons were among 16 people who died when a light aircraft crashed in Cuba, the Foreign Office confirmed today. Reports from the area said the plane, an Antonov AN-2 operated by the state ...