11 killed in Russia plane crash

A cargo aircraft has crashed near the eastern Russian city of Mirny in the Yakutia region. Russian investigators say all eleven people on board were killed.

The plane is an IL-76 cargo plane, belonging to the interior ministry. An official, says the plane rolled to the right immediately after take-off and crashed about 1 kilometer from Mirny.

The plane was scheduled to fly to Irkutsk. Last year, in a similar accident, all 88 passengers and crew, aboard an Aeroflot aircraft, died when the plane crashed near the Ural mountains.