A Russian An-12 cargo plane has crashed near Irkutsk, RT reports. None of the nine people on board survived the crash, the Emergencies Ministry said.
Rescuers are working at the scene of the crash, recovering bodies from the wreck of the plane, an Emergencies Ministry spokesman in the region told Interfax-Siberia. The ministry has also raised the number of people who were on board the An-12 from six to nine.
The plane was being relocated from an aircraft factory in Novosibirsk to another such plant near Irkutsk, an aviation source told Itar-Tass, following initial reports of the crash.
The An-12 was not transporting any passengers or cargo, the source added, saying that the plane was used for “experimental aviation”.
Vestnik Kavkaza, RT
