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A Russian interior ministry plane with 11 crewmembers on board crashed several minutes after taking off in Moscow, Dunya News Sunday reported. All 11 people died in the air crash, a spokesman for the ministry's regional centre said. The spokesman said the plane, an Il-76 Candid strategic airlifter, bound for the city of Irkutsk, fell and caught fire about three kilometers from Mirny airport. Seven crew as well as four members from a replacement crew were on board.
