Uzbek Air Crash Kills 37, Including UN Official

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A Soviet-built Yak-40 airliner crashed on Tuesday evening as it approached the Uzbek capital Tashkent, killing 37 people, including a senior U.N. official, and scattering body parts over a wide area.

In New York, United Nations officials said Richard Conroy, 56, the organization's senior official in Uzbekistan, had been on board. A dual Australian and British national, he was an official of the U.N. Development Program and had worked in the ex-Soviet Central Asian state since 2001.

Russia's Interfax news agency had earlier reported that staff members of international organizations, including the United Nations, had been on board. A Reuters correspondent saw emergency workers carrying body parts away from the scene in large bags several hours after the plane crashed.

Officials gave no indication of what caused the crash. At least one news report ruled out any suggestion of foul play.

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/reuters20040113_521.html