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A Russian Interior Ministry plane with eleven crewmembers on board crashed on takeoff in Yakutia in the Far East, six bodies have been recovered, the Emergency Situations Ministry said Sunday. A spokesman for the ministry's regional center said an Il-76 Candid strategic airlifter fell and caught fire about three kilometers from Mirny airport. "There were seven crewmembers, as well as four members from a replacement crew, on board. The plane was heading for Irkutsk. As of now, six people whose bodies have been recovered are believed to be dead," the spokesman said. He said a search for the o