4 die in light plane crash near Moscow

Four people were killed in a light plane crash in a field near Moscow, the Moscow regional branch of Russia’s emergency ministry reported on Saturday.

 A fire broke out at the crash site, and preliminary investigation pointed to an engine failure as the likely cause.

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 “The aircraft went down due to a technical malfunction, specifically an engine failure,” an official was quoted as saying by the TASS news agency.