A Russian cargo plane crashed early Wednesday morning while landing at Manas International Airport, outside the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, injuring 11 people on board, a local official said. The jet, an Ilyushin-62, burst into flames but all the 11 people, including nine crew members, managed to escape, according to local media reports reaching here.
According to the latest information, the plane that crashed in the Bishkek airport in the capital of Kyrgyzstan was an Il-62 flying from Moscow to Bishkek. A spokesman for the Russian Emergencies Ministry reported to RosBusinessConsulting that as the plane landed it lost control, ran into a fence and caught fire. There were seven crew members on board the aircraft. None of them was injured. US fire fighters from the Gansi military air-base, located close to the airport, helped to extinguish the fire. According to preliminary information, the plane is beyond repair.