Nine killed in Siberia plane crash

All nine people on board Russian cargo plane killed when it crashed near city of Irkutsk.

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. "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: Agencies