OREANDA-NEWS The AN-2 light transport plane crashed in the Ruza city district of the Moscow region. This became known to the Telegram channel 112.

According to him, the plane crashed at the airfield near the village of Vatulino. The AN-2 was undergoing a test flight, two pilots were on board — previously, none of them survived.

Emergency services are working at the crash site. No other details about the incident have been provided yet.

On September 3, the Mi-171 helicopter (a modification of the Mi-8) made a hard landing in the Irkutsk region. An aircraft with four crew members and two medics on board was flying to Orlik to take a child to a hospital in Ulan-Ude. The Mi-8, previously, crashed due to a lightning strike and a steering failure.