Russian Transport Plane Crashes in Siberia, Crew Dead

An-12 transport planeAn Antonov An-12 transport plane crashed on the outskirts of the eastern Siberian city of Irkutsk on Thursday afternoon, Russian officials said, reports azh.kz.

Nine people, all of them crew members, died in the incident, the local branch of the Emergency Situations Ministry said in a statement.

The plane crashed into two military warehouses, the statement said.