Russia Plane Crashes

Parts of a Russian Tu-134 airliner are seen early Aug. 25, 2004. It was one of two airliners that crashed within minutes of each other after taking off from the same airport, killing a total of 90 people. Officials said explosive traces were found in the wreckage, and President Vladimir Putin called the crashes terrorist acts.

A police officer uses a metal detector as he checks luggage at Moscow's Domodedovo airport, Aug. 26, 2004. A government commission searching for the cause of the near-simultaneous crashes of two airliners began work at one of the wreckage sites Thursday after workers finished combing over the shattered plane.

Emergency workers search at the crash site of a Russian Tu-134 near the village of Buchalki in the Tula region, Aug. 25, 2004.

The flight data recorder of a Russian Tu-134, which crashed near the village of Buchalki in the Tula region about 125 miles south of Moscow, Aug. 25, 2004, is seen on the ground.

Wreckage of a Tu-154 airliner is seen at a crash site near Gluboky in the Rostov region some 600 miles south of Moscow, Aug. 25, 2004.

Emergency Situations Minister officer examines parts of a Tu-154 airliner that crashed Aug. 24, 2004, near Gluboky, a village north of the regional capital Rostov-on-Don, some 600 miles south of Moscow. Emergency workers searched through heaps of twisted metal and tall grass for clues about what caused the crash.

Engines and other parts of a Tu-154 airliner that crashed Aug. 24 are seen in this image.

Russian Emergency Ministry soldier inspects debris of Russian Tu-134, which crashed near the village of Buchalki in the Tula region, Aug. 25, 2004.

Russian Emergency Ministry officials search debris of the Russian Tu-134, Aug. 25, 2004.

Engines and other parts of a Tu-154 airliner lie near Gluboky, a village north of the regional capital Rostov-on-Don, some 600 miles south of Moscow, Aug. 25, 2004.

Parts of a Tu-134 airliner are seen in this image taken from television, Aug. 25, 2004. The Emergency Situations Ministry said all 43 people on board the Tu-134 were killed.

Police officers check ID papers in Moscow's Domodedovo airport, Aug. 25, 2004.

Parts of a Tu-154 airliner that crashed Aug. 24, 2004, near Gluboky, a village north of the regional capital Rostov-on-Don, about 600 miles south of Moscow, are seen in this image taken from television, Aug. 25, 2004. Letters in Cyrillic read: NTV, Rostov region.

A Russian Emergency Ministry soldier inspects debris of a Russian Tu-134 airliner, which crashed near the village of Buchalki in the early morning hours of Aug. 25, 2004.

A police officer with a sniffing dog searches in Moscow's Domodedovo airport, Aug. 25, 2004.

Parts of a Tu-154 airliner that crashed Aug. 24, 2004, are seen in this image taken from television Aug. 25, 2004.

Russian Emergency Ministry soldiers walk near debris of a Russian Tu-134 airliner which crashed about 125 miles south of Moscow early Aug. 25, 2004.

Wreckage of TU-134 aircraft after crash, Buchalki, near Tula Province, southern Russia, Aug. 25, 2004.