Russia confirms the death of all passengers on the crashed plane near Irkutsk, Siberia

Weather of Arabia - 9 people were killed in the crash of an An-12 cargo plane near the Irkutsk province of Siberia, which was carrying out a domestic flight between the cities of Yakutsk and Irkutsk in the far east of Russia.

The representative of the emergency services said that the transport plane, "An-12", crashed when landing near Irkutsk and caught fire, killing all nine passengers after they disappeared from radar outside the city of Irkutsk, and two main possibilities for the crash are being studied, either due to technical failure or poor conditions. Air .

Today, Wednesday, a spokesman for the Russian Emergency Service announced that rescuers had found one of the black boxes of the An-12 plane that crashed today in the Irkutsk region, at the place of its crash.

The spokesman said: "One of the two boxes was found during the search operations," noting that the technical condition of the box is good. He added that the accident is being investigated, noting that "the plane disappeared 7 kilometers from Irkutsk, near the town of Pivovarikha."

Belarusian authorities said the plane was flown by an experienced crew of three Belarusians, two Russians and two Ukrainians, all of whom died, and the plane was not carrying any cargo. Russian prosecutors later said there were two additional passengers on board.