Mon, Jul 29, 2002 - Page 1 News List

Ukrainians mourn dead after air-show crash

TRAGIC SHOW Relatives crowded hospital corridors seeking news of loved ones injured or missing after an SU-27 fighter jet crashed into spectators on Saturday, leaving 83 dead

AP , LVIV, UKRAINE

Video of the crash showed the jet then sliding backward along the ground on its left wingtip and nose before it began cartwheeling and then exploded, throwing off flaming debris.

Bohdan Hupalo, 18, said he was posing for a picture when the plane came down. He dove to the ground and saw the jet race over him, missing by only a few meters.

"There weren't any survivors among those who fell down late -- they were cut down like grass," he said. When Hupalo opened his eyes, he said he was surrounded by human remains.

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