MOSCOW, Aug. 25 (Xinhuanet) -- Another Russian passenger plane with 44 people on board crashed in southern Rostov region on Tuesday, Russian news agencies reported.

    Itar-Tass quoted a Russia's aviation committee official as saying that the Tu-154 airliner crashed near the city of Rostov-on-Don, some 970 kilometers south of Moscow.

    Interfax quoted the Emergencies Ministry as saying contacts with the Tu-154 flying from Moscow to the Black Sea resort of Sochi were lost at 22:59 Moscow time (1859 GMT) when it was expected to be 140 kilometers from the city.

    Earlier the news agencies said that around the same time one more Russian passenger plane with more than 40 people on board crashed in the Tula region south of Moscow. Enditem