JULY 1, 2016 ( IRKUTSK, Russia) - An IL-76 heavyrntransport aircraft crashed shortly after departingrnIrkutsk Airport runway 12 on an aerial fire fighting missionrnabout 75 km east of the city. Contact was lostrnabout 16 minutes after take-off. On Jul 3rd the scatteredrnremains of the IL-76 were found smashedrnagainst hillside near the village of Uyan, about 150rnmiles northeast of its last known position. The aircraftrncame down in densely wooded, upsloping terrainrnwhere it broke apart and caught fire. All 10 aboardrnwere killed.
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