Nine killed in Siberia plane crash
All nine people on board Russian cargo plane killed when it crashed near city of Irkutsk.
Published On 26 Dec 2013
Nine people were killed when a Russian cargo plane crashed into a military warehouse on the outskirts of the Siberian city of Irkutsk, the Emergencies Ministry said.
There were nine people on the plane on Thursday: six crew and three people accompanying the cargo.
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“They all died,” the Emergencies Ministry said in a statement.
No casualties were reported among ground staff following the crash.
The Antonov An-12 military transport plane was carrying aircraft parts from a factory in Novoskbirsk when it crash-landed at the Irkutsk-2 airport, according to Russian news reports.
A fire broke out at the crash site, but was quickly extinguished, according to Andrei Shutov, a ministry spokesman.
More than 100 rescue workers combed through the debris, AFP news agency reported.
The cause of the accident was not immediately known.
Russia has experienced a string of deadly airline crashes in recent years, most of them involving small regional airlines.
Source: News Agencies