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Sunday's crash was the second involving a Boeing 737 in the former Soviet Union in the past month. A Boeing flying from the Central Asian nation of Kyrgystan to Iran crashed shortly after takeoff on Aug. 24, killing 64 of the 90 people on board.
The pilot of that plane has been detained by prosecutors in connection with the investigation, officials said this week.
___ Associated Press Writer David Nowak contributed to this report.
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The second one killed 64 of the 90 onboard. My guess is that the pilot is one of the 26 that survived.