MOSCOW, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Over 150 people were killed in a plane accident in the Siberian city of Irkutsk in Russia early on Sunday, Interfax news agency reported.

    "As a result of the air crash, 43 people were taken to hospital with burns. The rest have died, according to our preliminary information," Interfax quoted a source at the prosecutor's office in Irkutsk as saying.

    The A-310 jet of the Russian airline Sibir carrying 192 passenger and eight crew members crashed during landing in Irkutskairport early Sunday. Enditem