Russian Military Plane Crash Lands In Siberia

December 19, 2016

A Russian Il-18 military plane crash landed in Yakutia, Siberia, with 39 people on board.

The Russian Defense Ministry has said that all passengers and crew members survived the crash landing of the IL-18 plane, and 16 people were injured, as cited by Interfax news agency.

“As a result of the incident, all passengers and crew members are alive. 16 people were severely wounded. They have been evacuated to the hospitals in Tiksi by search and rescue helicopters,” the ministry’s statement read, as cited by RIA Novosti.

“An Ilyushin IL-18 aircraft that took off from Koltsovo Airport in the city of Yekaterinburg on Monday, December 19, has crashed some 27 kilometers from the settlement of Tiksi,” a law enforcement source told TASS news agency.

The government of Russia’s Sakha (Yakutia) Republic has confirmed the incident to RIA Novosti, without specifying the circumstances of the crash.