IRKUTSK, Russia, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A transport plane crashed into military warehouses on the outskirts of the Siberian city of Irkutsk, Russia, Thursday, killing all nine aboard, officials said.
A statement from the local branch of the Emergency Situations Ministry said six crew members and three people accompanying cargo were aboard the Antonov An-12 plane, and five bodies were pulled from the wreckage thus far.
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The plane was owned by the Irkutsk Aviation Plant and was transporting industrial cargo, the Russian news agency RIA Novosti said.
A Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said the crash damaged the roofs of two military warehouses, but there were no additional casualties.
