Body of third American found at site of Kyrgyzstan crash

Recovery teams have found the body of the third American crew member at the site of a plane crash in Kyrgyzstan, the television network Russia-24 reported Saturday.

The remains of the plane's two other crew members were found Saturday morning. All three reportedly were U.S. citizens.

“Rescue workers in the field are still looking for black boxes [flight recorders] which can help explain what happened to the plane,” Abisharip Bekilov, spokesman for the Kyrgyzstan Emergency Ministry, said in a phone interview earlier in the day. He spoke from Bishkek, the capital of the former Soviet country in Central Asia.

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