A Russian military Il-76 transport plane crashed during takeoff in the Ivanovo region with 15 people on board, including eight crew members and seven passengers. The Defence Ministry suspects an engine fire as the cause and has dispatched investigators to the scene. This incident adds to a series of disastrous events involving high-value aircraft amid the Ukrainian war, with reports of Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia.
A Russian military transport plane crashed in the Ivanovo region northeast of Moscow after one of its engines burst into flames, killing all 15 people on board. Dramatic cellphone footage showed the aircraft with one engine ablaze rapidly losing altitude, and another video captured a plume of thick black smoke rising into the sky over a wooded area. The Defense Ministry stated that the pilots attempted to return for an emergency landing but were unsuccessful, and the likely cause of the crash was an engine fire.
A Russian military cargo plane, the Ilyushin Il-76, crashed shortly after takeoff in the Ivanovo region due to a fire in one of its engines, resulting in the loss of all 15 people on board. Unverified videos on Russian social media networks showed the plane with one engine on fire heading downwards, with a dark plume of smoke rising into the sky as a helicopter circled.
