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Rescuers work at the site of a cargo plane crash outside the Russian city of Irkutsk. The Antonov An-12 aircraft "disappeared from radars" during its final approach with seven people on board travelling from Yakutsk. Antonov planes were manufactured during the Soviet era and are still used throughout the former Soviet Union for civilian and military transport, they have been involved in a number of accidents in recent years. IMAGES of emergency workers
42 people with 32 Turkish citizens, along with citizens of Azerbaijan, Albania, and Georgia disembark a Turkish military cargo plane in Ankara after being evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the deadly coronavirus outbreak. IMAGES
Drone footage captured the smoldering wreckage of a Boeing 747 cargo jet in the devastated village of Dacha-Suu in Kyrgyzstan on Monday, after the plane crashed into the settlement just outside the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek earlier in the day, killing at least 37 people. The plane was reportedly carrying just four crew members, but crashed into the village of Dacha-Suu, just 15 miles from the capital, and killed dozens of civilians on the ground. All of the crew reportedly died in the crash. Some 32 residential buildings in the village were destroyed. The Turkish MyCargo Airlines flight, operating the flight route TK6491, was flying from Hong Kong to Istanbul with a stopover in the Kyrgyz capital. All flights to and from Kyrgyzstan's Manas International Airport have been suspended.
The repatriation process begins for the remains of Russian pilot Oleg Peshkov, whose downing by NATO-member Turkey is the first known incident of its kind since the Cold War. Mana Rabiee reports.
Two people have survived but at least 41 were killed when a Russian-built cargo plane carrying passengers crashed in South Sudan. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
Rescuers search for survivors after a plane carrying 43 people plunged into Lake Victoria in Tanzania due to bad weather as it approached the northwestern city of Bukoba. IMAGES