The Russian Ministry of Defense said that one of its Ilyushin Il-76 military cargo planes crashed shortly after take-off on Tuesday with 15 people on board due to a fire in one of its engines.
The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the incident occurred in the Ivanovo region. News reports indicated that there were no survivors.
Video clips circulating on Russian social networks showed a plane falling and its engine catching fire.
A plume of black smoke was seen rising into the sky as a helicopter hovered in the air.
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