MOSCOW/TEL AVIV. Oct 4 (Interfax-AVN) - According to the latest reports, of the 77 people aboard the Siberian Airlines TU-154 Careless plane, 57 were Israeli citizens, sources in Moscow and Tel Aviv told Interfax.
This data has not been officially confirmed, the sources said. What is certain is that some of the passengers were formerly from Russia.
According to earlier reports, there were 66 passengers and 10 crewmembers on board the plane. A Ben Gurion airport official had told Interfax that all the passengers were Israelis.