Russian emergency services have scrambled to battle a blaze after an An-12 cargo plane crashed near the Siberian city of Irkutsk, with Moscow officials confirming that a total of seven people were on board when it lost contact.
“At 2:50pm Moscow time, the An-12 aircraft, flying between Yakutsk and Irkutsk, disappeared from the radar,” a source told RIA Novosti. “Initially, two people have been killed and the fate of a further five people is still unknown.” The plane belongs to Belarusian airline ‘Grodno’ and was operating a cargo flight.
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