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4 dead in Russian military cargo plane crash

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Agence France-Presse

<p>MOSCOW — A Russian military cargo plane crashed in the city of Ryazan southeast of Moscow on Friday, killing 4 people and injuring 5 others, authorities said.</p><p>The aircraft was on a training flight without cargo when the crew decided to land due to an engine malfunction, and it was partially destroyed when it hit the ground, the defense ministry said in a statement quoted by local news agencies.</p><p>&quot;According to preliminary information, 4 people died as a result of a plane crash in the area of the Mikhailovsky highway in the city of Ryazan,&quot; the regional government&#x27;s crisis unit said in a statement, as quoted by the TASS state news agency.</p><p>The defense ministry said the injured crew members were taken to the hospital.</p><p>The aircraft was a Il-76 military transport plane, which were first manufactured in the Soviet Union in the late 1960s.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/multimedia/photo/06/20/22/saudia-airplane-gets-stuck-at-naia-taxiway">Saudia airplane gets stuck at NAIA taxiway</a></li></ul><p>The plane crashed into a field close to residential buildings near a highway, causing a fire that has since been extinguished, TASS reported.</p><p>A witness quoted by the Ria Novosti agency said the crash took place at around 4 a.m. local time.</p><p>No details were given about where the plane was headed when it crashed in Ryazan, around 200 kilometers (125 miles) southeast of the Russian capital.</p><p>Several military planes have crashed this month near Russia&#x27;s border with Ukraine, where Moscow has been engaged in fierce fighting since invading in late February. The army has cited potential technical problems for the previous crashes.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/05/31/22/22-bodies-retrieved-from-nepal-plane-crash">22 bodies retrieved from Nepal plane crash</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2092199" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

A Russian military cargo plane crashed in the city of Ryazan southeast of Moscow on Friday, killing 4 people and injuring 5 others.