A Russian emergencies ministry plane carrying 21 injured Russian tourists from Tuesday's bus crash in the southwest of Turkey took off from Antalya for Moscow late on Wednesday, a spokesman for the ministry said.
On early Tuesday morning, a bus with 39 Russian tourists and two Turks en route from the resort of Alanya to the town of Pamukkale veered off the road and plunged 15 meters into the Aksu River killing 15 people, including 13 Russians, and injuring the rest.
"An Il-76 transport aircraft with 21 Russian tourists took off from the Antalya airport at 23.58 Moscow time [19.33 GMT]. It is expected to land at the Moscow Domodedovo airport on Thursday at 3.40 Moscow time [23.40 GMT Wednesday]," the spokesman said.
The ministry added that two Russian tourists remained in a Turkish hospital as their conditions are too serious to allow them to be moved.
President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday ordered Russia's Emergencies Ministry to help the Russian tourists injured in the crash, and to repatriate the bodies of those killed.
MOSCOW, May 27 (RIA Novosti)
