The aircraft will be of the Il-76 type and is a military transport aircraft with four jet engines. One of these must have started to burn. The crash must have happened shortly after the plane took off. Videos and photos of a burning plane falling have been shared on social media. news has not verified these. The transport plane is said to have taken off from Severny military airport, 200 kilometers east of Moscow. FIRE: Several different videos have been shared of what appears to be the same plane falling with a burning engine. The screenshot of this video has not been verified by news. Photo: Telegram There were 15 on board, of which 8 were supposed to have been crew and seven passengers, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, as quoted by the Tass news agency. Several Russian media report that there will be no survivors after the crash. That is written by Reuters. Black smoke The Russian website Baza reports on Telegram that the crew of the burning plane tried to get back to the airport. It was unsuccessful and the aircraft crashed in a wooded area near the base. Several videos have been posted on social media showing a column of black soot from the place where the plane is said to have crashed. The Il-76 is the most common aircraft in the Russian military. Photo: ALEXEY ERESHKO / AFP There should not have been many minutes in the air. The entire wreckage is said to have been engulfed in flames. In a video, the burning engine appears to fall off the plane while it is in the air. Local authorities tell the state news agency RIA that no residential areas near the crash site have been affected. The Verstka website writes that the transport aircraft must have been on a training mission when one of the engines started to burn. The state-owned Russian television company RT reports on Tuesday afternoon that the fire in the plane wreckage should be extinguished. Previous attacks It is also said that the Severny air base was the target of Ukrainian drones last year. The Ukrainians are said to have wanted to neutralize a Russian surveillance aircraft of the type A-50. In February this year, Ukrainian forces are said to have shot down such a plane that was based at this airport. The Il-76 is the most common transport aircraft in the Russian military. According to the AFP news agency, Russian authorities said in January that Ukrainian forces had shot down an aircraft of the same type in the border area between the countries.
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