Russian Interior Ministry’s jet crash

Russian interior ministry plane with 11 crewmembers on board crashed several minutes after taking off in Moscow, Dunya News Sunday reported. “All 11 people died in the air crash,” a spokesman for the ministry’s regional centre said.

The spokesman said the plane, an Il-76 Candid strategic airlifter, bound for the city of Irkutsk, fell and caught fire about three kilometers from Mirny airport. Seven crew as well as four members from a replacement crew were on board.