MOSCOW, Dec. 23 (Xinhuanet) -- All the 18 passengers and five crewmembers aboard the Azerbaijani Airlines plane that crashed Friday night were dead, an emergency medical official and transport police said.

    The An-140 plane crashed soon after taking off at 22:19 (1819 GMT) from Baku's airport on a flight to Aktau, Kazakhstan, and thewreckage was found some 35 km from the capital Baku, Russian news agencies reported. Enditem