All 11 people on board a Russian transport plane died after the aircraft crashed early Sunday in Russia's far-eastern region of Yakutia, RIA Novosti news agency reported.

The plane, an Ilyushin transport plane of the Interior Ministry, fell and caught fire minutes after takeoff at around 2:40 a.m. (2340 GMT Saturday). It crashed at about three km from Mirny airport. The plane was bound for the city of Irkutsk.

"All eleven people on board died in the air crash," a spokesman for the ministry's regional center said.

The spokesman said six bodies had been found at the site, and the search was continuing for more bodies.

Russian TV channel Vesti said on its website that the flight recorders of the crashed cargo plane have been found by rescuers.

Investigation into the incident is currently underway.

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