A small plane conducting an aerial photography assignment crashed Friday near Moscow, killing all five people on board.
The Antonov An-2 crashed by the banks of the Oka River, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Moscow.
The single-engine biplane's crew of two and all three members of the aerial photography team died.
It seems that the plane fell from an altitude of between 1.5 and two kilometers (over a mile) and burst into flames when it hit the ground. Contact with the aircraft was lost 10 minutes after take-off.
Police started receiving calls about a falling plane at around 6:00 pm local time (14:00 GMT). Russian prosecutors have launched a full inquiry.
(In early June another An-2 plane engaged in crop spraying and operating under reduced visibility conditions, crashed in southern Russia's Stavropol region, killing the two pilots.)
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The Antonov An-2 crashed by the banks of the Oka River, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Moscow.
The single-engine biplane's crew of two and all three members of the aerial photography team died.
It seems that the plane fell from an altitude of between 1.5 and two kilometers (over a mile) and burst into flames when it hit the ground. Contact with the aircraft was lost 10 minutes after take-off.
Police started receiving calls about a falling plane at around 6:00 pm local time (14:00 GMT). Russian prosecutors have launched a full inquiry.
(In early June another An-2 plane engaged in crop spraying and operating under reduced visibility conditions, crashed in southern Russia's Stavropol region, killing the two pilots.)
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