Moscow: A Russian plane of Antonov-148 airliner has crashed during a test flight, leaving six people dead including two pilots from Myanmar, news reports said.
The reports citing officials in the Emergencies Ministry and the Investigative Committee said the crash took place Saturday morning in the Belgorod region about 600
kilometers (350 miles) south of Moscow.
Myanmar air force has ordered two An-148s. It was not immediately known if the plane that crashed was to be delivered to the country, a foreign news agency said.
The An-148 is a regional high-wing jet with a maximum range of about 5,000 kilometers (3,000 miles) and passenger capacity of 99. There was no information on the cause of the crash. State airline Rossiya last year criticized the An-148 for door lock and engine
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