Russian Military Plane Crash Kills 11

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MOSCOW - A Russian heavy-lift military cargo plane crashed on takeoff Sunday in Siberia, killing all 11 crew members on board, officials said.

The crash was the second accident in less than a month involving an Il-76, the mainstay of the Soviet and Russian air force since the 1970s. These and a string of other accidents have raised concerns about the condition of Russia's aging fleet of Soviet-built aircraft.

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Russian Military Plane Crash Kills 11

The cause of Sunday's crash was not yet known. The four-engine plane had just taken off from Mirny in the Sakha ...

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