Nine crewmembers were aboard the IL-76 4K-AZ 55 cargo plane of the Azeri cargo air line SilkWay, which crashed last night in Afghanistan, Trend reports.
According to the Air Traffic Service of Afghanistan's information, at 00:10 a.m. near Bagram airport the Silk Way plane lost communication with the ground and disappeared from radars.
As there was no information from the crew on an emergency situation aboard, it seems the plane crashed into some unknown object.
A special investigative group has been established.
A representative of the Afghan national air line Ariana stated that the site of the crash has not yet been located. The policy and army are searching for it, RIA Novosti reports.
Associated Press reports that a large fire has been sighted near the site of the crash.
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