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A Russian military transport aircraft carrying eight crew and seven passengers came down in the Ivanovo region north-east of Moscow, in the second such incident this year, the Defence Ministry reported on Tuesday. There was a huge explosion when the aeroplane hit the ground. Everyone on board the Ilyushin Il-76 died, according to a report citing the ministry carried by the Interfax news agency. Interfax reported that one of the plane’s four engines had caught fire on take-off. What caused the crash has not been determined. Authorities said a technical cause was suspected. Aviation experts were…

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