A Russian Antonov AN-22 military transport plane crash-landed in the country’s Ivanovo region, killing all on board, according to multiple news reports. The crash, which occurred on a test flight following maintenance work, saw the plane go down in an uninhabited area about 125 miles northeast of Moscow, the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed in a statement. Seven people were on board the flight, AFP reported, citing the Russian state news agency Tass. The aircraft’s registration is still unknown, they added. Russian media reports that the plane plummeted into a nearby reservoir in the Furmanovsky District, with rescuers so far only able to recover fragments of the destroyed aircraft. The Aviation Safety Network said the dead were five crew and two passengers. Designed in Kyiv in the 19

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