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The Ilyushin Il-76 military freighter crashed, fired and killed three of the nine on board when it landed near the Russian western city of Riazan on Friday, Interfax news agency said. Told.
Six people were injured and Interfax was added to the report, citing unknown sources.
Separately, the Russian Ministry of Defense said it said the plane had suffered an engine failure during the training flight. The ministry did not provide details of the crew's death. (Report by Olzhas Auyezov, edited by Christopher Cushing and Clarence Fernandez)