New Delhi, December 19: A Russian aircraft with 30 people on board crashed on Monday morning in Yakutia of Siberia. No casualties took place as reported by the Russian Defense Ministry.
Although BBC reported injuries to 16 people, no confirmation have came from the Russian ministry.
The plane crashed at 12:07 local time on Monday.
"The Il-18 plane, which flew from the Koltsovo airport in Yekaterinburg, on Monday, December 19, crashed 27 kilometers from the Tiksi village," a law enforcement source told Russian news agency Tass.
The fliers are being rescued and taken to a hospital in Tiski, a village near the crash site.
Around 100 servicemen and two military Mi-8 helicopters are involved in the rescue operations.
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