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| | Guardian | Russia mourns prizewinning pupils doomed by a twist of fate |
 | | For Bulat Biglov, a brainy 15-year-old boy, it was to be a once-in-a-lifetime treat, an escape from the oil fumes and concrete blocks of Ufa in central Russia to the teenage delights of the Costa Dorada of Spain in July. |
 | | Bashkirian Airlines flight 2937, a Tupolev 154 aircraft which was specially chartered for the school party, was less than half full when it lifted off from Moscow's Domodedovo airport at 22.48 on Monday. |
 | | Captain Alexander Gross, 52, and his crew of 11 pitched off into a still and warm Moscow twilight, rising south over the city and heading west with their passenger complement of 52 school pupils, eight of them under the age of eight, the remainder teenagers, and the group's five adult minders. |
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