Russian firefighting plane missing in Siberia![]() July 1, 2016 - 13:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia's Emergencies Ministry says one of its firefighting planes with a crew of 10 is missing in Siberia, the Associated Press reports. The ministry said the Il-76 plane disappeared Friday while on a mission to fight forest fires in the Irkutsk region. It said that seven aircraft have been searching for the plane, which went missing in the Bayandayevsky district near Lake Baikal. Officials said the crew hadn't reported any problems before disappearing. Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov said the search was complicated by heavy smoke from forest fires. The plane that disappeared is a firefighting version of the Il-76 four-engined heavy transport plane, capable of carrying 42,000 liters of water. Photo. Sputnik Related links: ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |