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Russian tourists compose majority of Israeli traffic accident victims

Politics Materials 16 December 2008 18:39 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 16 / Trend , A.Gut/ There are mainly Russian tourists from St. Petersburg among the victims of a traffic accident in Israel.

An airliner with Russian tourists landed this morning in Israel's international Ben Gurion airport, from which the tourists headed for the resort city of Eilat, 400 kilometers of Tel Aviv, Israel-based Trend correspondent said.

The bus plummeted into a ravine in the south of Israel leaving at least ten people dead and about 50 injured. Ambulances and military helicopters operate on the scene.

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