News Source: Sify News
| about 1 month ago
A Russian nuclear submarine has successfully test-fired a ballistic missile, authorities said Sunday. 'On Nov 1, the Northern Fleet's nuclear-powered missile-carrying submarine, Bryansk, successfully test-launched an intercontinental ballistic...
News Source: Yedioth Ahronoth
| about 1 month ago
Cargo plane crashes in eastern Russia, 11 dead A cargo aircraft crashed soon after taking off from the eastern Russian city of Mirny in Yakutia region, killing all 11 people on board, Russian prosecutors said on Sunday. The plane, an IL-76...
News Source: News 24
| about 1 month ago
A Russian interior ministry transport plane crashed on Sunday in the far-eastern Yakutia region, killing all 11 people on board, Ria-Novosti said. The Ilyushin crashed at 08:40 (23:40 GMT on Saturday) shortly after take-off from Mirny, a local...
News Source: Sify News
| about 1 month ago
Russian investigators say a heavy-lift military cargo plane has crashed on takeoff in Siberia, killing all 11 crew members on board. The four-engine Il-76 was flying from Mirny in the Sakha Republic to the city of Irkutsk. Investigators say the plane...
News Source: BBC
| about 1 month ago
The government plane had just unloaded its cargo at Mirnyi airport. It took off and crashed 25 km (15 miles) away, Russian state media reports. The Ilyushin came down in a deserted area and there were no casualties on the ground, local officials say.
News Source: Daily News & Analysis
| about 1 month ago
According to the spokesperson of local disaster mitigation agency Nadezhda Dovretskaya, the plane fell two kilometres from the airport. "The plane belonged to the interior ministry and was not carrying any cargo or passengers. The charred bodies of...