Belarusian cargo plane crashes in Russia, all 7 aboard dead
Officials say a Belarusian cargo plane has crashed while trying to land in eastern Russia, killing all seven people on board
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Your support makes all the difference.A Belarusian cargo plane crashed Wednesday while trying to land in eastern Russia killing all seven people on board, officials said.
The Soviet-built An-12 operated by Belarusian carrier Grodno crashed and caught fire near Irkutsk eastern Siberia
Belarus’ Investigative Committee, the top state investigative agency, said there were seven people on board and all of them died in the crash.
Russian news reports said the plane crashed while making a second approach after failing to land in a first attempt. The cause of the crash wasn’t immediately clear.
Belarusian officials said the crew consisted of three Belarusians, two Russians and two Ukrainian nationals.
The aircraft was flying from Bilibino in the Chukotka region in Russia's northeast and made a stopover in Yakutsk before continuing to Irkutsk.
The An-12 is a four-engine turboprop cargo plane designed in the 1950s. Hundreds have been built and many remain in service in Russia, other ex-Soviet countries and other nations around the world.
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