Russia will ban flights by short-range Tupolev Tu-134, Antonov An-24 and Yakovlev Yak-40 planes as of 2012, ITAR-TASS reports citing the Russian Transportation Ministry.Short-range aircraft are not fitted with a ground proximity warning system.

On Thursday, Transportation Minister Igor Levitin held a conference on the decommissioning of the Tupolev Tu-134 in line with corresponding orders from President Medvedev following the air crash near Petrozavodsk which killed 45 people and left 7 with severe injuries.