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11 killed in Russian military plane crash

A Russian military cargo plane crashed on Tuesday in an area in the country's southwest near Moscow, leaving all the 11 crew members dead, the Itar-Tass news agency reported early today.

The Antonov plane crashed in the border area between the Tula and Oryol regions around 9:30 pm (1830 GMT), said the report.

The remains of the burning aircraft were discovered at 2:36 am today (2336 GMT Tuesday) and the crash was due to a failure of aviation equipment, particularly an engine failure, said the report.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the An-22 plane was enroute from Voronezh to Tver.


 

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