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Russian Interior Ministry plane crashes in Yakutia, 6 bodies found

Il-76 Candid strategic airlifter fell and caught fire about three kilometers from Mirny airport.

04:05 01/11/2009

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VLADIVOSTOK, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian Interior Ministry plane with eleven crewmembers on board crashed on takeoff in Yakutia in the Far East, six bodies have been recovered, the Emergency Situations Ministry said Sunday.

A spokesman for the ministry's regional center said an Il-76 Candid strategic airlifter fell and caught fire about three kilometers from Mirny airport.

"There were seven crewmembers, as well as four members from a replacement crew, on board. The plane was heading for Irkutsk. As of now, six people whose bodies have been recovered are believed to be dead," the spokesman said.

He said a search for the others is underway.

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