A military transport plane, believed to be an Il-76, has crashed in Russia’s Ivanovo region, report the Telegram channels 112 and Shot.
Videos posted on social networks show the plane with a burning engine. The plane was supposed to land at the Ivanovo Severny air base, but it crashed in a wooded area northeast of its destination.
According to Baza, there were a total of 12 people on board the Il-76.
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