Siberia Plane Went Down in Unsettled Weather

Wreckage of turbo-prop plane that crashed shortly after takeoff near Tyumen, Russia, on Monday, April 2, 2012 (AP Photo/Marat Gubaydullin)

By Jim Andrews, Senior Meteorologist

Apr 2, 2012; 7:52 AM ET

At least 32 people have been killed in a plane crash in Russia.
The twin-engine turbo-prop plane, with 43 people on board, had taken off at Tyumen, and was attempting an forced landing outside nearby Roshchino airport, according to wire reports on Monday.
Survivors were hospitalized in serious condition.
The site of the crash was within 1.2 miles of Gorkovka village, the RIA Novosti website said.
Tyumen is a city in western Siberia more than 1,000 miles east-northeast of Moscow.
At the time of the crash, 5:50 a.m., Monday, Moscow time, the sky at Roshchino Airport was overcast with snow and rain limiting surface visibility to about 1,000 to 2,000 yards, weather data available to AccuWeather.com showed.
The surface temperature at the time was 0 degrees C, or 32 F.
Moreover, the short-term airport forecast advised of bursts of snow that could lower surface visibility in the area to about 500 yards.
There were also low-based clouds, having bases within about 500 yards of the ground.

Siberia Plane Went Down in Unsettled Weather