Deaths in Russian cargo plane crash
Antonov cargo plane crashes 1,500km east of Moscow after fire reported onboard.
Published On 26 May 2008
Andriyanova said the plane crashed in a forested area around 30km from Chelyabinsk and that no casualties had been reported on the ground.
Vyacheslav Latunkin, a regional emergency official, said that the plane crashed after colliding with a power transmission line.
The Antanov-12 was designed in the 1950s and built in large numbers as both military and civilian transport.