Plane crash victim transferred to Moscow

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A survivor of a plane crash in Siberia was transferred to Moscow on Tuesday (April 3) to receive medical treatment in Russia's capital city.

The patient survived a plane crash on Monday (April 2) that killed at least 31 people and left 12 survivors, according to media reports.

The ATR 72, a twin-engine, turbo-prop plane, with 43 people aboard, crashed some 30-35 km (18-22 miles) from the western Siberian city of Tyumen, Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said.

The mid-range plane belonging to Russian airline UTair crashed after taking off from Tyumen on a flight to Surgut, an oil town further north in Siberia.